Everything about SpaceX
American aerospace and AI conglomerate
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is an American conglomerate which is a aerospace manufacturer and provider of space transportation, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence (AI) services, headquartered at the Starbase development site in Starbase, Texas. The company operates three primary segments: Space, which develops and flies the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Dragon spacecraft, and conducts more orbital launches annually than any other launch provider ; Connectivity, which operates the Starlink satellite constellation and satellite-based high-speed broadband internet service; and AI, conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary SpaceX Super Intelligence, which develops the Grok family of large language models (LLMs) and related products, operates the social network X, and builds and runs large-scale data centers. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: SpaceXA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Mission Architecture Using the SpaceX Starship Vehicle to Enable a Sustained Human Presence on MarsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Elon MuskThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The Low Earth Orbit Satellite Population and Impacts of the SpaceX Starlink ConstellationCited 473 times
- Go sideways: SpaceX StarshipA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Falcon 9A closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Low Earth Orbit Satellite Population and Impacts of the SpaceX Starlink Constellation
Space Weather Environment During the SpaceX Starlink Satellite Loss in February 2022
SpaceX—Sailing Close to the Space Weather?
Molecular and physiological changes in the SpaceX Inspiration4 civilian crew
Impact of the SpaceX Starlink Satellites on the Zwicky Transient Facility Survey Observations
Three-dimensional growth of human endothelial cells in an automated cell culture experiment container during the SpaceX CRS-8 ISS space mission – The SPHEROIDS project
The SpaceX Effect
Concentric traveling ionospheric disturbances triggered by the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
🆕 Influential since 2022
Mission Architecture Using the SpaceX Starship Vehicle to Enable a Sustained Human Presence on Mars
Thermospheric Neutral Density Variation During the “SpaceX” Storm: Implications From Physics‐Based Whole Geospace Modeling
SpaceX: gene co-expression network estimation for spatial transcriptomics
Maneuver strategies of Starlink satellite based on SpaceX-released ephemeris
Outsourcing the American Space Dream: SpaceX and the Race to the Stars
📚 Books worth reading
Elon MuskAshlee Vance · 2013
LiftoffEric Berger · 2021
The space baronsChristian Davenport · 2018
SpaceX's DragonErik Seedhouse · 2015
SpaceX and Tesla Motors engineer Elon MuskMatt Doeden · 2015- 📕Elon Musk and TeslaStuart A. Kallen · 2016
Spacex Making Commercial Spaceflight A RealityErik Seedhouse · 2012
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🔗 Related topics
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- Falcon 9 Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. The first Falcon…
- List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches As of November 7, 2026, rockets from the Falcon 9 family have been launched 715 times, with 712 full mission successes, two mission failures during launch…
- History of SpaceX This is a corporate history of SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company founded by Elon Musk. After being ousted…
- List of Falcon 9 first-stage boosters A Falcon 9 first-stage booster is a reusable rocket booster used on the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy orbital launch vehicles manufactured by SpaceX. The manufactur…
- SpaceX reusable launch system development program SpaceX has privately funded the development of orbital launch systems that can be reused many times, similar to the reusability of aircraft. SpaceX has…
- SpaceX Mars colonization program SpaceX Mars colonization program (also referred to as Occupy Mars as a joking reference to the Occupy movement) is the stated long-term objective of the…
- SpaceX launch vehicles SpaceX manufactures launch vehicles to operate its launch provider services and to execute its various exploration goals. SpaceX manufactures and operates…