Oct 30, 2026
Falcon 9 reaches 700 launches
Starlink 15-18 from Vandenberg marked the 700th Falcon 9 mission; the Falcon family success rate is ~99.6%.
Source: Spaceflight NowUpdated Oct 31, 2026
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Oct 30, 2026
Shotwell's 2M-share gift moves to escrow
Distribution to Trump Accounts of children 11–17 in lower-income ZIP codes begins in December; a second gift follows.
Source: ReutersOct 25–27, 2026
Booster 22 and Ship 42 static-fire for Flight 15
A ~15-second, 33-engine booster fire and a six-engine ship fire; the FAA licence for both-stage return is pending.
Source: Interesting EngineeringOct 20, 2026
Flight 15 will attempt the first double catch
Musk: “more likely than not” that both the booster and ship come back to the tower in November.
Source: Space.comOct 20, 2026
Q3 2026: $14.6B revenue, $4.4B profit; AI overtakes Starlink
Super Intelligence revenue of $7.56B passed Connectivity's $5.25B; capex $19.6B.
Source: SpaceX IROct 20, 2026
SpaceX and Tesla form merger committees
Independent directors will study combining the companies; Musk recused as “a conflicted party.”
Source: TechCrunchOct 20, 2026
Musk targets $500B–$1T in annual revenue by end-2027
Also: 2.5–3 GW of compute by year-end, ~13 GW in 2027, Terafab test chip mid-2027.
Source: Call transcriptOct 19, 2026
Musk pledges a SpaceX share to every American child in 2027
About 60 million children through Trump Accounts; the mechanism is not yet announced.
Source: AxiosOct 14, 2026
A 2026 Mars launch is “off the table”
Space.com's tenth-birthday assessment of Starship: no refueling demo yet; next window late 2028.
Source: Space.comOct 9, 2026
Falcon 9 launches 21 Space Development Agency satellites
Tranche 1 data-transport satellites from Vandenberg after an Oct 4 scrub.
Source: Spaceflight NowOct 8, 2026
SpaceX buys nationwide 800 MHz spectrum for Starlink Mobile
Grain Management's low-band portfolio, reportedly ~$8B; telco stocks fell ~7%.
Source: RCR WirelessOct 8, 2026
Crew-12 comes home after 237 days
Meir, Hathaway, Adenot and Fedyaev splash down.
Source: Mission summaryOct 7, 2026
FCC approves 15,000-satellite direct-to-device constellation
Clears the path for the Mobile V2 service targeted for early 2028.
Source: RCR WirelessOct 5, 2026
Oct 2, 2026
Oct 1, 2026
Crew-13 launches to the ISS on Dragon Grace
Watkins, Delaney, Kutryk — the first Canadian under Commercial Crew — and Teteryatnikov.
Source: Space.comOct 1, 2026
“Things are going super well at 39A”
The Florida Starship pad is in activation testing; Flight 16 could be the first East Coast launch.
Source: Space.comSept 28, 2026
Starship reaches orbit on Flight 14
26 operational Starlink V3 satellites deployed; the first revenue-generating Starship mission.
Source: Space.comSept 13, 2026
700th Falcon-family launch
By Wikipedia's count; Spaceflight Now marked the 700th Falcon 9 specifically on Oct 30.
Source: Launch listAug 30, 2026
Roman Space Telescope launches on Falcon Heavy
NASA's next flagship observatory, from LC-39A.
Source: NASAAug 25, 2026
Starbase Louisiana: a $100B second spaceport
Vermilion Parish; construction 2027, first launch 2029.
Source: TechCrunchAug 14, 2026
Aug 4, 2026
First public earnings call; Starmind announced with Nvidia
Revenue $7.8B (+92%); orbital AI satellites to fly from 2027.
Source: FortuneJul 24, 2026
Flight 13: first real Starlink V3 satellites, softest splashdown
The ship floated intact and kept transmitting.
Source: Space.comJun 12, 2026
SpaceX IPO: SPCX opens at $150, closes $161
The largest IPO ever; Musk becomes the first trillionaire.
Source: NasdaqMay 22, 2026
Flight 12: V3 debut from Pad 2
First Block 3 vehicles; booster lost; FAA mishap declared.
Source: Flight summaryFeb 2, 2026
From the wider Musk universe
Oct 31, 2026
Judge lets Clean Air Act suit over Colossus turbines proceed
A federal judge in Mississippi denied xAI's motion to dismiss the NAACP and SELC lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines.
Source: TechCrunchOct 30, 2026
Shotwell moves 2M+ SpaceX shares into escrow for children
Distribution to Trump Accounts of kids 11–17 in lower-income ZIP codes begins in December; a second gift is coming.
Source: ReutersOct 29, 2026
Musk: Blindsight is “ready,” waiting on regulators
Neuralink's vision implant is engineering-complete per Musk; a speech participant hit 75 words per minute.
Source: TeslaNorthOct 27, 2026
Peter Sellis named head of product at X
The ex-Snap and Discord product leader takes over from the trio that followed Nikita Bier.
Source: Business TodayOct 23, 2026
Grok Imagine releases first 7 minutes of its AI “Odyssey”
Episode 1 of Musk's promised feature-length AI film, made with Wonder Studios; reviews were cool.
Source: TechCrunchOct 20, 2026
SpaceX and Tesla boards form merger committees
Independent directors will study combining the two companies; Musk recused himself.
Source: TechCrunchOct 19, 2026
Musk pledges a SpaceX share to every American child in 2027
Roughly 60 million children would receive stock through Trump Accounts; mechanism not yet announced.
Source: AxiosOct 12, 2026
The X Subscription bundles Grok, Cursor and X Premium
Tiers from $8 to a reported $200 a month, rolled out globally.
Source: PYMNTS