Company Overview: Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is a U.S.-based aerospace company with the mission to reduce the cost of space transportation. Headquartered in Hawthorne, California, SpaceX has become a global leader in launch services, spacecraft development, and satellite communications.

The company designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. its flagship Falcon 9 rocket is the world's first orbital-class reausable launch vehicle to lower launch costs and increase reliability. SpaceX also operates the Falcon Heavy, a powerful operational rocket and is developing Starship, a fully reusable next-generation launch system intended for deep space missions and high-volume Earth-to-orbit transport.

In addition to launch services, SpaceX operates Dragon spacecraft, the first commercial spacecraft to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) and return safely to Earth. The Crew Dragon variant also carries astronauts to and from the ISS under NASA's Commercial Crew Program.

SpaceX is also revolutionizing global connectivity with Starlink, a satellite broadband constellation providing high-speed, low latency internet service worldwide, including remote and undeserved regions. Building on this technology, Starshield has been developed as a government and defense-focused satellite network offering secure communications, hosted payloads, andnational security services.