SPACE INDEX
Airbus Defence and Space logo Airbus Defence and Space Aerospace and defence company producing commercial aircraft, helicopters, military systems, satellites, and security vs SpaceX Designs and operates reusable launch vehicles, crew and cargo spacecraft, and the Starlink broadband constellation, with a national-security variant SpaceX logo
HEAD-TO-HEAD2 shared sectors
Airbus Defence and Space SpaceX
Founded 2014 2002
Headquarters Germany Hawthorne, California
Type private private
Status operating operating
Employees 13,000
Total funding $10.15B
Latest round Secondary
Sectors Satellite Communications, Earth Observation & Remote Sensing, Satellite Manufacturing Launch Services, Satellite Communications, Satellite Manufacturing
Products listed 70 9
Federal contracts
Launches 823 (82%)
Leaders listed Bart Reijnen, Remi Hermitte, Anthony Moreland Elon Musk, Gwynne Shotwell, Bret Johnsen
News mentions 0 80
SHARED SECTORS
FREQUENTLY ASKED
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How do Airbus Defence and Space and SpaceX compare?

Both companies work in Satellite Communications, Satellite Manufacturing. Airbus Defence and Space was founded in 2014 and SpaceX in 2002.
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Which has more launches, Airbus Defence and Space or SpaceX?

SpaceX leads with 823 tracked launches (82% success rate).

Numbers refresh on every render against the live Space Index database. Federal contract data from USAspending.gov; launches from LaunchLibrary2.