# SpaceX: space company profile

> SpaceX: SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft, founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with the stated goal of enabling Mars colonization.

- Canonical page: https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spacex
- This Markdown version: https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spacex.md
- Data as of: profile last verified 2026-10-13; quote fetched 2026-10-14 00:45 UTC
- How the numbers are made: https://spacenexus.us/methodology#space-score

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## Profile facts

- Name: SpaceX (legal name Space Exploration Technologies Corp.)
- What it does: SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft, founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with the stated goal of enabling Mars colonization. (SpaceNexus analyst note)
- Sector: launch, heavy-lift
- Headquarters: Starbase, Texas, US
- Founded: 2002
- Employees: 5000+
- Chief executive: Elon Musk
- Status: active
- Ownership: public
- Publicly traded: yes, SPCX on NASDAQ
- Website: [https://www.spacex.com](https://www.spacex.com) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-10-13

## Market data

- Share price: $156.54 (-4.21% over 24 hours)
- Market capitalisation: $2063.48B
- Quote: Yahoo Finance, fetched 2026-10-14 00:45 UTC
- Quotes via Yahoo Finance and may be delayed; some exchanges by 15 to 20 minutes. For information only, not investment advice. Check prices with your broker before trading.

## Funding

- Raised privately before listing: $8.69B (14 private rounds on record before Jun 2026. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)
- Last private round: Equity round (Jul 2022)

| Date | Round | Amount (USD) | Lead investor | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-06-23 | Senior notes | $25.00B | - | [SEC EDGAR (Form 8-K)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026044955/spcx-pricing8xk.htm) |
| 2026-06-12 | IPO | $86.25B | - | [SEC EDGAR (Form 10-Q)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026052535/spcx-20260630.htm) |
| 2022-07-20 | equity | $250.0M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141222000003/0001181412-22-000003-index.htm) |
| 2022-05-27 | Series O | $1.72B | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141222000002/0001181412-22-000002-index.htm) |
| 2021-12-14 | equity | $337.4M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141221000004/0001181412-21-000004-index.htm) |
| 2021-11-01 | Business combination (Form D) | $344.8M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141221000003/0001181412-21-000003-index.htm) |
| 2021-02-16 | Series N-1 | $1.16B | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141221000002/0001181412-21-000002-index.htm) |
| 2020-08-04 | Series N | $1.90B | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141220000003/0001181412-20-000003-index.htm) |
| 2020-02-28 | equity | $346.2M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141220000002/0001181412-20-000002-index.htm) |
| 2019-06-24 | equity | $214.0M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141219000005/0001181412-19-000005-index.htm) |
| 2019-04-08 | equity | $535.7M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141219000003/0001181412-19-000003-index.htm) |
| 2018-12-21 | equity | $486.2M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141219000004/0001181412-19-000004-index.htm) |
| 2018-04-05 | equity | $214.0M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141218000001/0001181412-18-000001-index.htm) |
| 2017-07-26 | equity | $450.0M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141217000002/0001181412-17-000002-index.htm) |
| 2015-01-20 | equity | $1000.0M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141215000001/0001181412-15-000001-index.htm) |
| 2010-10-28 | equity | $50.2M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141210000001/0001181412-10-000001-index.htm) |
| 2009-03-18 | equity | $15.0M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000118141209000003/0001181412-09-000003-index.htm) |

- Rounds come from company announcements, regulatory filings and press reports. Amounts, valuations and investors are as reported and may be incomplete or later revised. Not investment advice, and not an offer or solicitation for any security.

## Space Score

- Score 888 of 1000, tier Leader.
- Rank 1 of 93 ranked companies.
- 8 of 9 inputs measured, high confidence, 100% of applicable pillar weight backed by data; measured 2026-10-13 02:10 UTC.
- Scale (35% of this total): 94 of 100
- Government space demand (24% of this total): 96 of 100
- Capital access (15% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Momentum (18% of this total): 55 of 100; not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
- Flight record (24% of this total): 100 of 100
- Every input, value and percentile: [breakdown](https://spacenexus.us/rankings/space-score-methodology?company=spacex#breakdown)
- The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
- The Space Score ranks companies relative to each other on public data we hold. It describes; it does not rate, forecast or recommend. It is not a credit rating and not investment advice.

## Government contracts (latest)

| Award date | Agency | Title | Value (USD) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-21 | State | INTERNET SERVICE | $65K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_19ER1026P0163_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2026-08-14 | State | STARLINK SERVICE 08/26-10/26 | $15K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_19TX1026P0301_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2026-08-14 | State | STARLINK SERVICE TBASHY1 RESIDENTIAL GLOBAL PRIORITY 08/26-10/26 | $15K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_19TX1026P0302_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2026-08-14 | State | STARLINK SERVICE (NEC SDA FLOOR1) GLOBAL PRIORITY | $15K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_19TX1026P0303_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2026-08-14 | State | STARLINK SERVICE (NEC SDA FLOOR4) GLOBAL PRIORITY | $15K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_19TX1026P0304_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2026-08-11 | Department of Justice | SPACEX SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS | $600K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15F06726F0001198_1549_15F06726D0000660_1549) |
| 2026-06-17 | DoD | PROLIFERATED LOW EARTH ORBIT BEST EFFORT 05 PROGRAM | $23.4M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA254126FB066_9700_FA254125DB021_9700) |
| 2026-06-02 | DoD | NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PHASE 3 LANE 2 PROCUREMENT | $84.3M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB008_9700_FA881125DB002_9700) |
| 2026-05-22 | DoD | PLEO WARRIOR PLAN SUPPORT: SECURE GLOBAL SATCOM VIA POOLED STARSHIELD SERVICE. ENHANCED FEATURES, SECURITY, AND CENTRAL MANAGEMENT FOR ALL MISSIONS. | $131.8M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA254126FB015_9700_FA254125DB021_9700) |
| 2026-05-04 | DoD | NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH (NSSL) PHASE 3 LANE 2 LAUNCH SERVICES PROCUREMENT | $170.3M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB011_9700_FA881125DB002_9700) |
| 2026-04-14 | DoD | LINK-182 DESIGN AND DEMONSTRATION | $57.3M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881926CB002_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2026-04-08 | DoD | NSSL PHASE 3 LANE 2 EXECUTION | $1.3M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB013_9700_FA881125DB002_9700) |
| 2026-04-01 | DoD | FA8811-25-D-B002 NSSL PHASE 3 LANE 2 LAUNCH SERVICES FOR USSF-206 | $142.2M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB005_9700_FA881125DB002_9700) |
| 2026-03-31 | DoD | PHASE 3 LANE 1 LAUNCH SERVICE TASK ORDER (LSTO) FOR SDA-4 | $84.8M | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_FA881126FB010_9700_FA881124DB003_9700) |
| 2026-03-23 | DoD | MONTHLY SERVICE FOR STARLINK EQUIPMENT | $4K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N0017326P1322_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-) |

## Operations

- Open roles on the SpaceNexus jobs board: 2692

## Sources

- [SpaceNexus company database](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles): profile facts, with the verification date above
- Each funding round's cited source: SEC filings, company announcements and press reports, linked per round
- Yahoo Finance: share price and market capitalisation
- Federal award records: contract awards

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