Space Exploration Technologies Corp. is an American space rocket, defense, launch service, and offers satellite internet via Starlink, its subsidiary. Elon Musk founded the company in 2002 aiming to reduce the cost of space travel and with an end goal of colonizing Mars.

SpaceX was the first private company to send astronauts to the International Space Station. SpaceX managed to cut the expense of space launch by reusing boosters. The company also created the rocket, Starship, which broke records for both its size and power.

SpaceX signed national defense contracts with US government agencies. SpaceX has four launch sites across the United States: Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg Space Launch Complex, Kennedy Space Center, and the Brownsville Starbase. Starlink, a wholly-owned subsidiary, provides broadband internet around the world.