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Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.

Related Topics: Falcon Heavy, NASA, NASA Space Launch System, Orion Spacecraft

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A train of SpaceX Starlink satellites are visible in the night sky in this still from a video captured by satellite tracker Marco Langbroek in Leiden, the Netherlands on May 24, 2019, just one day after SpaceX launched 60 of the Starlink internet communications satellites into orbit.

How to See SpaceX's Starlink Satellite 'Train' in the Night Sky

By Joe Rao

SpaceX launched 60 Starlink satellites in a train Thursday (May 24) and you can see them in the night sky now! Here's how to find out where and when to look.

A train of SpaceX Starlink satellites are visible in the night sky in this still from a video captured by satellite tracker Marco Langbroek in Leiden, the Netherlands on May 24, 2019, just one day after SpaceX launched 60 of the Starlink internet communications satellites into orbit.

Wow! This Is What SpaceX's Starlink Satellites Look Like in the Night Sky

By Tariq Malik

A satellite tracker has spotted SpaceX's Starlink fleet in the sky a day after the 60-satellite launch. The view is amazing!

A view of SpaceX's first 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, still in stacked configuration, with the Earth as a brilliant blue backdrop on May 23, 2019.

Elon Musk Says It's 'So Far, So Good' for SpaceX's 1st 60 Starlink Satellites

By Mike Wall

The first 60 satellites in SpaceX's huge Starlink constellation haven't experienced any hiccups in orbit thus far.

SpaceX's first 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, still in stacked configuration, with Earth in the background on May 23, 2019.

SpaceX's 60-Satellite Launch Is Just the Beginning for Starlink Megaconstellation Project

By Mike Wall

The 60 internet satellites SpaceX just launched will be but the tip of a very large off-Earth iceberg, if all goes according to plan.

SpaceX's first 60 Starlink internet communications satellites are released all at once in this animation of images taken during the successful May 23, 2019 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

SpaceX's 1st Starlink Internet Satellite Megaconstellation Launch in Photos!

By Tariq Malik

On May 23, 2019, SpaceX launched the first 60 satellites of its Starlink internet megaconstellation. See the mission in pictures here!

A thrice-flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the company's first 60 Starlink satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on May 23, 2019.

SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Satellites on Thrice-Flown Rocket, Sticks Landing

By Amy Lynn Thompson

Thousands more will follow, if all goes according to plan.

A previously flown Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink satellite internet satellites stands atop its launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in May 2019.

SpaceX Will Make History with 60-Satellite Launch Tonight

By Mike Wall

The 60 Starlink internet satellites will be the heaviest payload SpaceX has ever launched, and the spacecraft will deploy in an unusual way.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with 60 Starlink internet satellites on the pad at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in May 2019.

SpaceX Launching 60 'Starlink' Internet Satellites Tonight: Watch Live

By Mike Wall

SpaceX plans to launch the first 60 members of its Starlink internet-satellite constellation tonight (May 23), and you can watch the liftoff live.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with 60 Starlink internet satellites on the pad at Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in May 2019.

How SpaceX's Starlink Internet Satellites Could Help Humanity Colonize Mars

By Mike Wall

The satellites that SpaceX is about to launch to Earth orbit could help humanity settle the moon and Mars someday.

A previously flown Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink satellite internet satellites stands atop its launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Launch is targeted for May 23, 2019.

SpaceX to Launch 60 'Starlink' Internet Satellites Thursday

By Mike Wall

This week, SpaceX will again try to loft the first 60 members of its Starlink internet-satellite megaconstellation.

How does a SpaceX Dragon capsule stack up against the dragons of "Game of Thrones"?

SpaceX vs. Drogon: Which Dragon Wins the 'Game of Thrones'?

By Meghan Bartels

Chances are high that the "Game of Thrones" finale won't tackle our most pressing question: Which would win, one of these fire-breathing dragons or one of SpaceX's Dragon capsules?

The two sections of SpaceX's Starship "hopper" test vehicle at the company's South Texas site in December 2018.

SpaceX Is Building a 'Starship' Rocket Prototype in Florida, Too

By Mike Wall

SpaceX hopes a little friendly competition will improve the design of its Mars spaceship.

SpaceX's first 60 Starlink internet satellites sit atop their used Falcon 9 rocket on May 16, 2019 awaiting launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

SpaceX Delays Launch of 60 Starlink Satellites Again, This Time for Software Checks

By Mike Wall

SpaceX called off the launch of its first 60 operational Starlink satellites to perform extra software tests, the company said late Thursday (May 16).

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first 60 Starlink internet communications satellites stands atop the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida during a May 15, 2019 launch attempt. SpaceX postponed the launch 24 hours due to high winds.

SpaceX Delays Launch of 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Over High Winds

By Mike Wall

SpaceX on Wednesday (May 15) called off the planned launch debut of 60 Starlink internet communications satellites due to unacceptable wind conditions.

A previously flown Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 Starlink satellite internet satellites stands atop its launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Florida for a May 15, 2019 launch.

SpaceX Is Launching 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Thursday: How to Watch Live

By Mike Wall

SpaceX is lofting a pioneering phalanx of internet satellites tonight (May 15), and you can watch the liftoff live.

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk discusses the company's successful Falcon Heavy rocket test launch.

Elon Musk to Receive Stephen Hawking Communication Prize from Astrophysicist Brian May

By Elizabeth Howell

SpaceX founder Elon Musk — hot off the second successful flight of his gigantic Falcon Heavy rocket in April — is one of the recipients of a prize for science communication.

Sixty satellites for SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation are stacked in their payload fairing ahead of a planned May 15, 2019, launch.

SpaceX to Launch 60 Satellites for Starlink Megaconstellation Soon. This Is What They Look Like

By Mike Wall

SpaceX's Starlink internet-satellite network will start taking shape very soon.

A simulated view of Blue Origin's Blue Moon lunar lander.

Elon Musk Jabs Jeff Bezos Over Blue Origin's Moon Lander

By Mike Wall

The billionaire space rivalry may have flared up again.

Space Center Houston will display a twice-flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage beginning in the summer of 2019. The stage was the first to fly on two International Space Station cargo supply missions for NASA in 2017.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket to Land on Display at Space Center Houston

By Robert Z. Pearlman

The first SpaceX rocket to launch on two NASA missions will soon land on exhibit in Houston

A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft descends under its parachutes at the end of the Demo-1 test flight in March. A test of the parachutes for that spacecraft in April failed when the parachutes didn't open fully.

Crew Dragon Parachutes Failed in Recent Test

By Jeff Foust

A test of parachutes for SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft did not go as planned last month, NASA and SpaceX confirmed May 8.