Launch
Hawthorne, CA, US
SpaceX
Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Starship; Starlink. Based in Hawthorne, CA, US, founded 2002 by Elon Musk.
- Where
- Hawthorne, CA, US
- Founded
- 2002
- Chief executive
- Elon Musk Wikidata
- Notable investors
- Gracias Antonio J., Musk Elon, FOUNDERS FUND II LP, Google LLC disclosed holders above 5%, from SEC filings
- Staff
- 22,000
Where they are 21
Headquarters in Hawthorne, and hiring in 20 other places on their live postings: Bastrop, Redmond, Starbase, Cape Canaveral, Palo Alto, McGregor and 14 more. Every company on one map
2,423open roles112launches in 2026100%recorded launch success across 109 scored launches7open solicitations14news items in tracked feeds
Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Starship; Starlink.
Open roles 2,423
All 2,423 open roles, prefiltered on the jobs index
Launch record 109 flown
The record shows 109 flown and 59 scheduled, from Jan 3, 2026 onward, 107 of them recorded by both Launch Library and the Wikipedia launch lists. This is what we hold rather than the company's full history: our launch record begins where our collection does.
| Date | Mission | Outcome | Grade | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer A | TBD | ||
| Dec 31, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer C | TBD | ||
| Dec 31, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Tracking Layer E | TBD | ||
| Dec 31, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer D | TBD | ||
| Dec 31, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-25 | TBD | ||
| Dec 31, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer D | TBD | ||
| Dec 31, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | SDA Tranche 2 Transport Layer E | TBD | ||
| Dec 31, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Telesat Lightspeed 1 | TBD | ||
| Dec 31, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | CHORUS | TBD | ||
| Dec 31, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Inmarsat-7 F1 (GX-7) | TBD |
On the record 2 claims
- At risk Starship departs for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Optimus. If those landings go well,… End of 2026
- Pending We expect to begin deploying our orbital AI compute satellites as early as 2028. As early as 2028
Of these, 1 pending, 1 at risk. Each claim's full quote, source and evidence is on Claims & outcomes.
In the news 14
- Ship 42 wraps chopsticks tests, Flight 14 moves to NET Sept. 22
- SpaceX launches 3 telecom satellites to orbit on 700th Falcon mission of all time (video)
- Why SpaceX is finishing another space-internet system that isn’t Starlink
- Live coverage: SpaceX to launch final 3 O3b mPOWER satellites for SES
- Tesla gives the Roadster an official “Go for launch” demonstration date
- In 2021, Blue Origin challenged NASA’s decision to award SpaceX its first crewed lunar-lander contract. Now, in a striking reversal, Blue Origin has won a NASA Mars communications-orbiter contract worth up to $700 million—and losing bidder Rocket Lab has filed its own protest with the same federal watchdog.
Open solicitations mentioning them 7
- Starshield Custom Fleet Aviation Services
- 55 RQS - Starshield Equipment
- 55 RQS - Starshield Equipment
- 55 RQS - Starshield Equipment
- FirstNet’s Compact Rapidly Deployable (CRD) LS Plus Starlink Trays
- FirstNet’s Compact Rapidly Deployable (CRD) LS Plus Starlink Trays