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Key facts
Focus
Robot
Robot
Data & sources
Web sources
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Models (1)
View all models →SpaceX on the deployment map
Where SpaceX's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Elon Musk Founder and CEOsince 2002-05-06secondary-verified
- Gwynne Shotwell President and COOsince 2002-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Elon Musksolefounded 2002-05-06
Former / Previously (1)
- Jaret Matthews Engineer (former)secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for SpaceX.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
SpaceX in third-party press
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- Astroscale2 models
- China Manned Space Agency2 models
- GITAI2 models
Supplies to (1)
Sensors
- BRINC Guardianby BRINCStarlink satellite communications panel (integrated hardware) -- BRINC Guardian is "the world's first Starlink-connected drone"; BRINC March 2026 launch PR describes "integrated Starlink satellite panel" providing connectivity independent of terrestrial cellular or radio infrastructure; Starlink hardware (not service) embedded in airframesupplies
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships (1)
- Impulse Space x SpaceX with Impulse Spacedeployment
Funding rounds (1)
- Venture Round2023-01-02
$750M(reported) · $137.0B post
Investors: Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Gigafund, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) (lead)
Regulatory filings (1)
- LLO 19-110faa action · us_faagranted
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2
- Record createdJun 5, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 3, 2019
Dragon 2 at International Space Station
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is SpaceX?
- US launch and spacecraft company; maker of Dragon 2 (autonomous ISS rendezvous and docking) and Starship.
- What does SpaceX make?
- SpaceX has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Dragon 2 (SpaceX builds physical robots).
- Who competes with SpaceX?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to SpaceX building in the same form factors include Impulse Space, Astrobotic Technology, China National Space Administration, Astroscale.
- Who is the CEO of SpaceX?
- Gwynne Shotwell is the president of SpaceX, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is SpaceX headquartered?
- SpaceX is headquartered in Hawthorne, California, USA.
- Where does SpaceX operate robots?
- SpaceX is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is SpaceX a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, SpaceX ranks in roughly the top 22% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was SpaceX founded?
- SpaceX was founded in 2002.
- Is SpaceX safe?
- SpaceX has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-29
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for SpaceX.Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- Astroscale2 models
- China Manned Space Agency2 models
- GITAI2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning SpaceX from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
SpaceX’s only problem is finding more space to work with
SpaceX’s IPO marks the moment the space dream became a mainstream capital markets story. For decades, it has sold a vision of interplanetary civilization on behalf of the wider…
SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 launch attempt
SpaceX aborted the launch of its latest Starship test flight July 16 when some of the vehicle’s engines failed to ignite. The post SpaceX aborts Starship Flight 13 launch attempt…
SpaceX launches 21 satellites for military data network
With the launch of 21 York Space Systems satellites, the Space Development Agency has now placed half of its planned Tranche 1 Transport Layer constellation in orbit The post…
Falcon 9 Sales Freeze Anxiety and Our Launch Ramp Forecast Model for New Rockets
Hundreds of space companies we have all grown to know and love were founded—and raised billions of dollars—on the assumption that SpaceX had solved launch with Falcon 9, all but…
Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX stock deflates—and Wisconsin officials want him investigated for election ‘bribery’
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
Mega SpaceX IPO helps boost dollar value of Q2 exits
At the halfway mark of 2026, the disclosed dollar value of corporate-backed exits is nearly double the total value raised in 2025. The post Mega SpaceX IPO helps boost dollar…
Sun sets on Vulcan Centaur as NASA moves SunRISE to SpaceX Falcon Heavy
Solar observatory awaits a new launch date after its original ride hit booster trouble
SpaceX cleared to fly Starship again after booster failure in May
This will be the first Starship test flight for SpaceX as a public company, testing the market's appetite for the company's "fly, fail, fix" approach to rocket development, which…
SpaceX gears up for Starship Flight 13
SpaceX plans to conduct its next Starship launch as soon as July 16 to test fixes to issues from the previous flight and deploy functioning Starlink satellites. The post SpaceX…
OpenAI, Meta, SpaceXAI Compete for More Cost-Efficient AI Models
Three prominent artificial intelligence developers released new models over the past week. They all promise to be more advanced, but their biggest immediate selling point may not…
Musk tells Tesla staff to switch to Grok — a model he admits is worse
Elon Musk told Tesla staff to move to using Grok, the AI model from his own xAI (now folded into SpaceX), according to a memo sent to employees on Friday. The push comes days…
AI model mania and the new chip gold rush
Just when you thought the artificial intelligence model race might slow down, it starts up again double-time. This week alone brought new models and related services from OpenAI…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/spacex.md
- RSS feed: /companies/spacex/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/937bc1b7-8eaa-45f6-bcd7-8de1bcf1f685
- Revision history: /companies/spacex/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Impulse Space6 models
- Astrobotic Technology3 models
- China National Space Administration3 models
- Astroscale2 models
- China Manned Space Agency2 models
- GITAI2 models
Video
CNBC’s Leslie Picker reports on SpaceX being added to the Nasdaq 100 on Monday.
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Sky News Business Reporter Ed Boyd discusses SpaceX’s upcoming inclusion in the Nasdaq-100 on Wednesday. “It’s going to be part of the index of the top 100 sto
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SpaceX is reportedly developing an AI device prototype that could challenge Apple and OpenAI in the race for next-generation AI hardware. Discover the strategic
Bloomberg reports that Amazon is progressing with its satellite internet constellation, Project Kuiper, following its latest launch, with plans to initiate broa
Bloomberg reports on a significant divergence in the assessment of SpaceX's debt quality, with major credit rating agencies assigning investment-grade ratings w
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Bloomberg reports that Amazon is progressing with its satellite internet constellation, Project Kuiper, following its latest launch, with plans to initiate broa
SpaceX has reached a historic milestone by producing its 1,000th Merlin rocket engine, highlighting the company's unmatched manufacturing scale and reusable lau
Rocket Lab will acquire Iridium, a pioneer in satellite telephones, for $54 a share in a cash-and-stock transaction as smaller players in the orbital economy tr
Roger Altman, Evercore founder and senior chairman, joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" to discuss the latest market trends.
The Wall Street Journal reports that SpaceX showed investors a ‘handset-like prototype’ that was slimmer than an iPhone, though Elon Musk denies the report. S
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow speaks with the CEO of Rocket Lab about the company's biggest bet yet: buying Iridium in an $8 billion deal to challenge SpaceX in the orb
SpaceX is joining the highly tracked Nasdaq 100 Index next week. It’s already part of the Russell 1000 Index. That means more ETFs have to buy the stock to stay
A billion-dollar misunderstanding has left Korean investors empty-handed in the blockbuster SpaceX IPO. Bloomberg's Bailey Lipschultz joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomb
Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI conglomerate is set to raise $25 billion of bonds in five parts on Tuesday, in its debut bond offer, and is paying a relati
SpaceX launched 24 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Sunday, continuing the expansion of its global broadband internet network. The Falcon 9 roc
Reality vs attention
SpaceX draws attention at the 98th percentile but verifies reality at the 40th percentile among space robots. Hype Gap +58.4, 4th widest among space robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Meaningful press and media coverage across the period. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 21, 2026