With a proven maximum payload of 320 kg and a launch price that's averaging about $8.4 million currently, Rocket Lab has a rocket that might be able to compete with SpaceX in certain situations.

This was the 20th flight and recovery for this Falcon 9 first stage booster, and SpaceX's 341st recovery of an orbital-class rocket. SpaceX launched its first Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 tonight, in ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off on Friday (Jan. 3) at 8:27 p.m. EST (0127 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, launching the Thuraya 4 spacecraft ...

SpaceX halted the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday with 11 seconds to spare after a plane allegedly flew into restricted airspace near the launchpad. The California exhibition set to send ...

A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded shortly after liftoff on a test flight Thursday. Jan. 16, 2025. (Greg Munch/TMX) ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched four "MicroGEO" satellites for the company Astranis to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff occurred on ...

January 21 for a Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SpaceX's previous rocket ...

SpaceX launched its huge Super Heavy-Starship mega rocket on its seventh test flight Thursday, successfully "catching" the first stage booster back at its firing stand but losing its new ...

SpaceX launched Starship's seventh test flight from Starbase in Texas at 4:37 p.m. CT on Jan. 16. However, after the rocket booster successfully separated, the company lost touch with the ...

READY FOR CHECKOUT. MARK BARGER HAS CAUGHT THE BOOSTER. ALL RIGHT, SO AS YOU SEE, SPACEX WAS ABLE TO CATCH THE BOOSTER ROCKET BACK AT THE TOWER FOR THE SECOND TIME EVER. AND TONIGHT SPACEX JUST ...