SpaceX
SpaceX achieved a record 165 Falcon 9 launches in the past year and continues to expand its Starlink satellite internet network, which now includes nearly 9,500 satellites. The company is advancing its Starship rocket program with a twelfth test flight planned for spring and has announced a merger with Musk's AI firm xAI. SpaceX also aims to deploy a massive constellation of AI-powered satellites and remains focused on long-term goals of lunar and Martian colonization.
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It’s hard to keep up with just how many rockets SpaceX—the aerospace phenom helmed by founder and CEO Elon Musk—is hurling to space at any one time, but for those who are keeping track, the company logged a record-breaking 165 launches of its Falcon 9 rocket last year alone. And that’s not all that makes SpaceX a pacesetter. Its Starlink constellation—now with nearly 9,500 satellites with plans to grow to 20,000—has brought internet to conflict zones in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran. In February, SpaceX announced it was merging with xAI, the Musk-founded artificial intelligence company, and the company has sought FCC permission to launch a 1-million-strong constellation of AI satellites that would deliver data powered by the sun and cooled by space.
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