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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches rockets and spacecraft, founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with the stated goal of enabling Mars colonization.
SPCXACTIVESpaceX designs, manufactures and launches reusable rockets and spacecraft, operates the Starlink satellite broadband network, and through its AI segment operates the Grok model and the X platform. It was founded in 2002 with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.
SpaceX has revolutionized the launch industry with reusable rocket technology. The Falcon 9 is the world's most-flown orbital rocket, and Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. The company also operates Starlink, the world's largest satellite constellation providing broadband internet globally. SpaceX holds contracts with NASA for crew and cargo transport to the ISS, lunar lander development (HLS), and numerous commercial and government launch contracts.
Rank 1 of 93 ranked companies
8 of 9 inputs measured · High confidence · 100% of applicable weight backed by data
Not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-13 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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. Full disclaimer
1 Rocket Road, Starbase, Texas 78521
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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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.
Hiring
2692 open roles right now →
Latest government contract
INTERNET SERVICE
State · $65K · Sep 21, 2026
Latest funding round
Senior notes · $25.0B
Jun 23, 2026
Latest SEC filing
8-K · Aug 14, 2026 · EDGAR ↗
Partially reusable two-stage medium-lift orbital rocket with a reusable first stage.
Partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle using three Falcon 9 boosters.
LEO broadband internet constellation with more than 10,000 satellites in orbit and over 10 million customers.
| Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandenberg SLC-4E | launch site | Lompoc, US | Source |
| Kennedy Space Center LC-39A | launch site | Merritt Island, US | Source |
| Starbase (HQ and launch site) | launch site | Starbase, US | Source |
| Cape Canaveral SLC-40 | launch site | Cape Canaveral, US | Source |
| SpaceX Hawthorne Factory | manufacturing | Hawthorne, US | Source |
| Starlink Operations | office | Redmond, US | Source |
Starship HLS, a crew lander for Artemis · US vs China race to the Moon tracker
Stage, milestones, announced next steps and slips, funding and filings, every fact sourced:
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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11 dated public commitments by SpaceX, with sources and outcomes on the Promise Ledger.
Compiled Oct 13, 2026 from 19 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from. Facts only: nothing here is a rating, a forecast or a recommendation.
Space federal awards
148 awards, $16.1B obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Dec 4, 2012 to Aug 11, 2026; most from DoD (121 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Aug 11, 2026
Latest space award
$600K from Department of Justice
SPACEX SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Aug 11, 2026
Latest SEC filing
Amendment: Insider transaction (Form 4/A)
Source: SEC EDGAR filing
Filed Sep 30, 2026
SEC filings, last 12 months
59 filings
Including 1 periodic report and 8 current reports
Source: SEC EDGAR company filings
Latest Sep 30, 2026
Sourced rounds on record
16 rounds, $119.9B disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Open roles
2,692 open roles
30 days ago: 2,422 (Sep 14, 2026). 90 days ago: before our daily count began (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: Company jobs board (Greenhouse)
Counted Oct 13, 2026
Launches flown as provider
311 since Nov 18, 2024
3 failed. Latest: Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35
Our launch record starts Nov 18, 2024; earlier launches are not counted here. Every kind of launch in the feed counts, crewed, lunar and station missions included.
Source: Launch Library 2 launch record
Latest launch Oct 13, 2026
Next launch
Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-481
Go for launch; 132 more on the manifest, 128 of them dated only to a month, quarter or year
Source: Launch Library 2 launch record
No earlier than Oct 15, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
10,691 in orbit of 12,576 launched
Latest: Starlink 38024
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation codes SPX, SPXES, SPXS, SPXTX, SWARMX. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jul 11, 2026
Satellites built
12,830 payloads launched, 10,934 in orbit
Latest: Starlink 38024
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation codes SPX, SPXES, SPXS, SPXTX, SWARMX. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jul 11, 2026
Department of Justice
2 space awards, $600K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Aug 11, 2026
National Reconnaissance Office
Owns 241 satellites it built (latest USA 610)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Jun 19, 2026
Department of Defense
121 space awards, $8.10B obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Jun 17, 2026
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
20 space awards, $7.99B obligated
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 13). SpaceX: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spacex
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "SpaceX: Company dossier." Data as of October 13, 2026. Accessed October 13, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spacex.
BibTeX
@misc{spacenexus_spacex_2026,
author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{SpaceX}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spacex}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/spacex},
urldate = {2026-10-13},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-13; each fact links its primary source}
}USAspending.gov award record, Mar 4, 2026
Space Development Agency
Owns 4 satellites it built (latest BB 4)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Sep 2, 2023
Department of Veterans Affairs
1 space award, $469K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Aug 30, 2022
Swarm Technologies New Zealand
Owns 12 satellites it built (latest SpaceBEE NZ-15)
GCAT satellite catalogue, May 2, 2022
Estimated: around Wed, Nov 4, 2026 (not announced by the company) · period ending September 2026
Estimated from the company's own SEC filings: its latest results came 35 days after the period ended (filed Aug 4, 2026). The company has not announced this date.
Results filed Tue, Aug 4, 2026, after the market closed · period ending June 2026
Share move: not captured (no closing quote was recorded for that session)
Results filing (SEC) (opens in a new tab) · Press release (opens in a new tab)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Completed an acquisition or a sale of assets; Sold shares without registering them (private placement)
8-K items: 2.01 Completed an acquisition or a sale of assets · 3.02 Sold shares without registering them (private placement) · 9.01 Documents attached
Shares sold without registration, typically to a small group of investors (a PIPE, when the company is listed). A public-market offering, not a private funding round. Not counted in private funding totals.
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G)
Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly report (10-Q)
Quarterly report (10-Q) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)