space industry
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- Headquarters
- Starbase
- Founded
- 2002
- Employees
- 22,000
Photo: NASA/SpaceX · Public domain · file
Reported fleet size
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No published figure available
Container capacity
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Not a ranked container line
Gross tonnage on record
7,256
Summed over 4 ships reporting tonnage
In brief
What SpaceX is
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and provider of space transportation, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence services, headquartered at the Starbase development site in Starbase, Texas. The company operates three primary segments: Space, which develops and flies the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Dragon spacecraft, and conducts more orbital launches annually than any other launch provider (including national programs); Connectivity, which operates the Starlink satellite constellation and satellite-based high-speed broadband internet service; and AI, conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary SpaceXAI, which develops the Grok family of large language models (LLMs) and related products, operates the social network X (formerly Twitter), and builds and runs large-scale data centers.
