- Headquarters
- Starbase, United States · North America
- Value chain
- Operations & infrastructure(Systems & services); also Hardware & devices
- What that means
- Runs the technology as a service: cloud and compute, networks, launch, satellite operators, plants and utilities.
- Founded
- 2002
- Staff
- 13,000 (2023)
- Ownership
- Private
- Website
- spacex.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Space Launch & Reusable Systems
Starbase, United StatesIn 5 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Space Launch & Reusable SystemsVery high
Space Technologies · Manufacture · listed #1 of 50
Builds and operates the reusable Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy with Merlin and Raptor engines and the fully reusable Starship, flying the large majority of the world's orbital launches.
Relevance: Dominant launch provider; pioneered booster reuse, flies most of world's mass
Space Technologies · Manufacture · listed #1 of 50
Builds and operates Starlink, the largest satellite constellation ever deployed (over 8,000 satellites in orbit), mass-producing its own buses, phased arrays and laser links, plus the Starshield variant for US government customers.
Relevance: Starlink, largest constellation ever, built and operated in-house
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Operation · listed #2 of 50
Operates Starlink, the largest LEO constellation, with laser inter-satellite links and direct-to-cell service that provide connectivity independent of terrestrial infrastructure, proven in Ukraine and disasters.
Relevance: Largest LEO constellation with laser links
Space Technologies · Manufacture · listed #8 of 50
Builds the Merlin engine and the full-flow staged-combustion methane Raptor, the highest-production advanced rocket engines in the world.
Relevance: Raptor full-flow methane engine sets rocket-engine frontier
Connectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies · Operation · listed #10 of 50
Operates the largest LEO broadband constellation and the Starlink direct-to-cell service, defining non-terrestrial network deployment at scale.
Relevance: Largest LEO broadband and direct-to-cell operator