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SpaceX is in talks to lease access to at least 80,000 US cell sites, about half the country's towers, as it builds the ground layer of a fourth carrier.
Tesla and SpaceX have each formed a special committee of independent directors to review a possible merger. Musk is excluded, and no deal terms exist yet.
SpaceX launched its Starfall return capsule for the second time on 20 October, on a Falcon 9 rideshare with 31 customer payloads. The outcome is unconfirmed.
Tesla unveiled its next-generation Roadster at SpaceX's Texas site on October 15, 2026, showing a four-thruster car it says can fly and plans to build in 2028.
SpaceX launched NASA's CRS-35 cargo mission on October 13, 2026, carrying the fourth and final pair of ISS roll-out solar arrays and 6,300 pounds of supplies.
SpaceX is in early talks to raise about $40 billion to buy Nvidia AI chips, with reports describing $10 billion of bank loans and $30 billion of bonds.
SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time on Flight 14 on September 28, 2026, deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, then splashed down in the Pacific.
NASA awarded SpaceX $946 million on September 18, 2026 to add Crew-15, Crew-16 and Crew-17 to its CCtCap contract, lifting the total value to $5.92 billion.
SpaceX is targeting September 22 for Starship's first orbital flight, a roughly ten-hour mission that would deploy 26 Starlink V3 satellites for the first time.
SpaceX launched the final three SES O3b mPOWER satellites on Sept. 13, the 700th flight of its Falcon rocket family and its 107th orbital mission of 2026.
Staging throws away a rocket's most expensive part. Here is how Falcon 9 boosters land themselves, and why propulsive reuse changed launch economics forever.
