RazakSAT on Falcon 1 flight 5 9 December 2010 First private company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft. SpaceX Dragon on SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1 25 May 2012 First private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). Dragon C2+ 22 December 2015 First landing of an orbital rocket's first stage on land.