SpaceX just marked an extraordinary milestone: its 550th Falcon 9 launch took place this week, adding 28 new Starlink internet satellites to orbit. The mission launched Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and was the 95th flight for SpaceX in 2025—showing the company’s relentless pace. According to Spaceflight Now, these launches are powering SpaceX’s expanding Starlink broadband network, which has now surpassed 10,000 satellites deployed as of this month, making it by far the largest commercial satellite constellation ever.

Meanwhile, on Thursday night, SpaceX lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, sending Spain’s Spainsat NG II military communications satellite toward geosynchronous orbit. The Falcon 9 booster assigned to the job was expended, ending its career after 22 successful flights. This marks another record for booster reuse and showcases SpaceX’s commitment to both performance and innovation.

Away from the launchpads, SpaceX made international headlines by disabling over 2,500 Starlink satellite internet kits that had been used by scam syndicates in Myanmar. Lauren Dreyer, SpaceX’s VP for Starlink, announced on X that these devices were identified and cut off proactively, acting in cooperation with law enforcement after politicians and cybersecurity experts raised alarms. This action caused significant disruption among scam operations, prompting hundreds of workers to flee the region.

Now, listeners, the real drama has been unfolding on social media. Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, has been locked in a vicious public feud with Sean Duffy, the Acting NASA Administrator and U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Duffy appeared on CNBC warning that SpaceX’s Starship delays threaten to derail NASA’s Artemis III moon landing mission and suggested the agency might reaward its $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to competitors like Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin. Musk hit back hard on X, mocking Duffy’s intelligence, accusing him of “trying to kill NASA,” and arguing that government bureaucracy is “crippling space innovation.” Musk even went so far as to poll his followers about Duffy’s qualifications and posted a controversial GIF that set off its own firestorm. This feud has become the center of attention for space enthusiasts, raising real questions about the future leadership of NASA and the balance between public and private sector control in America’s space program.

Amidst regulatory shakeups and political infighting, SpaceX’s push toward Mars and lunar missions remains central to NASA’s evolving strategy—with an extra $1 billion allocated for Mars technology development and hints that the Trump Administration may shift more control to private companies like SpaceX.

Listeners, if you’re looking for a company that embodies bold moves and bigger controversies, SpaceX is delivering both on the launchpad and online.

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