The Falcon 9 Block 5 booster has become the most frequently flown orbital rocket in history, and the size of the active fleet is what makes the question of annual launch rate worth examining closely. As of January 5, 2026, SpaceX had put a total of 54 Block 5 boosters into service since the variant debuted in May 2018. Of those 54 vehicles, 30 have been destroyed through intenti...

The claim that SpaceX depends on government contracts sounds straightforward until it is unpacked. In its early years, the company clearly did depend on public work to validate its technology, finance development, and gain the operational credibility needed to compete at scale. In 2026 the picture is more complicated. Starlink has grown into a massive revenue base. Falcon 9 has ...

The legal fight over a permanent settlement on the Moon is not waiting for the first long-duration habitat to open its airlock. It is already visible in treaty language, domestic mining laws, alliance-building, landing-site studies, and the diplomatic wording used by governments that know exactly how much is at stake near the lunar south pole. The most contested question sounds ...

Satellites have been watching the planet since the late 1950s, but the last decade compressed what used to take a generation of technological advancement into a handful of years. What started as a government-dominated domain, where expensive national programs defined what data was available and to whom, has become a crowded commercial arena where dozens of companies compete to s...

When Amazon announced its satellite broadband initiative in April 2019 under the internal code name Project Kuiper, SpaceX had 60 Starlink satellites in orbit. By March 2026, SpaceX operates more than 10,020 active Starlink satellites and serves over 10 million subscribers in more than 100 countries. Amazon Leo, the service's permanent brand since a November 2025 rebrand, has 21...