SpaceX | News, Hiring, Layoffs, Competitors, CEO, Fundraising Insights
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. Founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, the company...
SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. Founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, the company aims to revolutionize space technology and enable human life on other planets. SpaceX is known for its historic milestones, including being the first private company to return a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit and successfully delivering cargo to the International Space Station.
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Headquarters
Hawthorne, California
Size
1001-5000 employees
Industry
Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
Specialities
Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy Rockets, Dragon Cargo and Crew Spacecraft, Merlin Rocket Engines, Draco and SuperDraco Thrusters, PICA-X high performance heat shield material, Satellite Development
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🛍️ SpaceX Product and Pricing News
- SpaceX unveiled futuristic crew cabins and sleeping quarters for its Human Landing System Starship, enhancing astronaut living conditions for the Artemis III Moon mission in 2026.
- SpaceX is upgrading its Starship with Raptor 3 engines to enhance efficiency and performance for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
- SpaceX has significantly expanded into the military and spy satellite industry, challenging traditional contractors like Raytheon and Northrop Grumman.
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom supports SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in his legal battle against the California Coastal Commission's rejection of increased rocket launches.
- SpaceX is seeking FCC approval to operate nearly 30,000 Starlink satellites to deliver gigabit speeds using a wider range of radio spectrum and lower orbits.
- SpaceX successfully completed Flight 4 with the first-ever booster soft-landing in the Gulf of Mexico and a Starship splashdown in the Indian Ocean after extensive hardware and software upgrades.
- SpaceX's new 1-million square foot Starfactory aims to streamline manufacturing and produce 1,000 Ships annually.
- SpaceX successfully completed a world first test by landing part of their Starship back onto its launch pad, moving closer to developing a fully reusable rocket.
👔 SpaceX CEO, Management and Leadership Team
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Chief Engineer[email protected]
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Chief Technology Officer
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SpaceX Security Officer[email protected]
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Vice President of WW Enterprise Sales[email protected]
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Founder & CEO, Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capital, SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, EPIC Games, Klarna[email protected]
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Group CEO[email protected]
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CFO & President of Strategic Acquisitions Group[email protected]
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Co-Founder & COO[email protected]
⚔️ SpaceX Alternatives and Competitors
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
- Safran Cabin |
- Boeing |
- Northrop Grumman |
- Blue Origin |
- United Launch Alliance (ULA) |
- Rocket Lab |
- Arianespace |
- Interstellar Technologies |
- Astranis |
- Sierra Nevada Corporation |
- Roscosmos |
- CNSA |
- ISRO |
- Virgin Galactic |
- EtherealX |
- Kinetix |
- Pyralink |
- linkspace |
- Scorpius |
- Khrunichev |
- Relativity Space |
- Orbital Sciences Corporation
💼 SpaceX Hiring and Layoffs
- SpaceX is currently hiring a Contracts Director in the United States.
- SpaceX is currently hiring for the position of Enterprise Account Lead - Latin America (LATAM) in the United States.
- Gabe Clark has left SpaceX, where he served as Global Supply Manager - Starship in Hutto, Texas, to join A.R. Machining, Inc. as Director of Purchasing.
- SpaceX is currently hiring a Global Satellite Policy Advisor in the United States.
- SpaceX is currently hiring for the position of Counsel, Global Trade Compliance in the United States.
- SpaceX is hiring for roles in telemetry and data systems for Starship, Starlink, and Starshield, as announced by Gleb Batalkin, Principal SWE.
- Mikel A. has left SpaceX, where he was a Sr. Ground Segment Engineer in the United States, to join VAST as the Manager of Ground Segment & Mission Systems.
- SpaceX is currently hiring for the position of Cinematographer II in the United States.
🤖 SpaceX Developer, Integration and Automation News
- SpaceX will use Starship to land astronauts on the lunar surface for NASA's Artemis III mission, marking the first human Moon landing since 1972.
- On November 18, SpaceX launched its first mission for the Indian Space Research Organisation, deploying the GSAT-N2 satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit.
- SpaceX is contracted to build the lunar lander for NASA's Artemis program, aiming to return astronauts to the Moon by 2025.
- SpaceX is advancing its software to include AI algorithms for autonomous emergency response and intelligent decision-making in space flights, according to Marcio Amélio Jesus, Director of Software Engineering for Starship.
- SpaceX's Starlink is now live on a Boeing 777 and will soon be available for all Qatar Airways passengers.