SpaceX

Jul 2026 · Pushes Starship toward Cape Canaveral launch; crosses 12,000+ Starlink satellites

SpaceX pushed aggressively toward its first Starship launch from Cape Canaveral before the end of 2026, expanding the program beyond its Starbase, Texas origins, despite a post-ignition anomaly aborting Starship Flight 13 in mid-July; the company has placed 12,414 Starlink satellites into orbit to date (10,735 still in orbit, 10,719 active) and plans to begin deploying next-generation Starlink V3 satellites -- offering over 1 terabit per second of downlink capacity, more than 10x the prior generation -- aboard Starship-Super Heavy in the second half of 2026.

Aug 2026 · First public-company earnings: Q2 revenue up 92% to $7.8B, beats estimates

SpaceX posted its first quarterly results as a public company, reporting Q2 2026 revenue up 92% year-over-year to $7.8 billion, beating the roughly $6.9 billion Wall Street consensus by nearly $1 billion; net loss narrowed to $541 million (9 cents/share) from a $1 billion loss a year earlier, and adjusted EBITDA nearly tripled to $3.5 billion. Roughly 912 million shares became unlocked and available to trade around the same time (a 140%+ increase in tradeable float), yet shares still rose about 6% on the results; the company also said it expects to begin launching an orbital AI satellite as soon as 2027 to put AI data centers in orbit.

Aug 2026 · Hits 100th launch of the year for third straight year; surpasses 11,000 satellites in orbit

SpaceX launched its 100th mission of 2026 on August 19, hitting the century mark for the third consecutive year, and surpassed 11,000 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit; the company continued near-daily Starlink launches through late August, including a Falcon 9 booster's record 37th flight, while preparing Starship flight test IFT-14 to deliver operational Starlink V3 satellites and attempt an upper-stage catch at the launch site.