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OPERATING 10,000+ EMPLOYEES
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Dragon VEHICLE
Crew and cargo spacecraft carrying up to 7 passengers or 6,000 kg of cargo to low Earth orbit and the ISS, equipped with SuperDraco launch escape engines
Falcon 9 VEHICLE
Reusable two-stage medium-lift launch vehicle delivering 22,800 kg to LEO, powered by nine Merlin RP-1/LOX engines with autonomous drone ship landing capability
Heavy-lift launch vehicle composed of three Falcon 9 first-stage cores, delivering 63,800 kg to LEO with 27 Merlin engines generating over 5 million pounds of thrust
Commercial crew transport service providing missions to the International Space Station and private orbital flights for up to four passengers aboard Dragon spacecraft, with missions lasting three to six days at altitudes of 300 to 500 kilometers
Mini Lasers COMPONENT
Optical inter-satellite link terminal retrofitted for integration with third-party satellite manufacturers, enabling high-speed low-latency connectivity on orbit for real-time tasking, continuous command-and-control, and immediate data delivery to terrestrial points of presence
Dedicated smallsat rideshare launch service offering regular Falcon 9 missions to sun-synchronous and mid-inclination low Earth orbits, with online booking starting at $350,000 for 50 kg to SSO and additional mass at $7,000 per kilogram
Starlink SATELLITE
Low Earth orbit satellite broadband constellation providing global internet connectivity to residential, maritime, aviation, and enterprise customers with inter-satellite laser links
Starshield SATELLITE
National security satellite network leveraging Starlink technology for government earth observation, secure communications, and hosted payloads
Starship VEHICLE IN-DEVELOPMENT
Fully reusable super heavy-lift transportation system with 100-150 metric tonne payload capacity, powered by 33 Raptor methane/LOX staged-combustion engines on the Super Heavy booster
FEDERAL CONTRACTS 6
$3.03B 2016-2030 NASA
NASA awarded Space Exploration Technologies Corp. a $3,029,850,123.69 CCP CCTCAP contract to complete CTS design, development, test, evaluation, and certification for ISS crew transport.
$425.6M 2024-2031 NASA
DESIGN, DEVELOP, MANUFACTURE, TEST, INTEGRATE, ACHIEVE NASA ACCEPTANCE, DELIVER, AND SUSTAIN ITS UNITED STATES DEORBIT VEHICLE (USDV) SUCH THAT THE USDV CAN PERFORM THE FINAL DEORBIT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS)
$214.0M 2016-2021 NASA
NASA certification of a commercial crew transportation system for missions to the International Space Station, including design, development, testing, and up to six post-certification missions.
$208.4M 2015-2022 NASA
Design, development, test, evaluation and certification of a commercial crew transportation system for NASA to and from the International Space Station.
$198.6M 2024-2026 DEFENSE
SpaceX launch services under the SBS program.
$179.4M 2021-2025 NASA
Launch services for the Europa Clipper mission
via usaspending.gov
LAUNCHES 8
2026-06-03 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-47 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Low Earth Orbit
2026-05-30 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-41 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Low Earth Orbit
2026-05-29 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-53 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Low Earth Orbit
2026-05-26 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-37 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Low Earth Orbit
2026-05-25 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-47 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Low Earth Orbit
2026-05-22 Starship | Flight 12 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
Orbital Launch Pad 2 · SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA · Suborbital
2026-05-21 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-31 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Low Earth Orbit
2026-05-20 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-42 LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL
Space Launch Complex 4E · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA · Low Earth Orbit
via launchlibrary.net
LOCATIONS
Hawthorne, CA HQ
Cape Canaveral, FL
McGregor, TX
Vandenberg, CA
Washington, DC
Brownsville, TX
Starbase
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OVERVIEW
Founded 2002
HQ Hawthorne, California
Type Private Company
LEADERSHIP
Founder, CEO, CTO & Chief Designer
President & COO
Bret Johnsen
CFO
Mark Juncosa
VP, Vehicle Engineering
Jacob McKenzie
VP, Raptor
Charles Kuehmann
VP, Materials Engineering
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Last Verified Mar 12, 2026