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
- Staff
- 22,000
No disclosed holdings on file, which above 5% would come from SEC filings. We show a name only where we can point at the page it came from.
Where they are 18
Headquarters in Hawthorne, and hiring in 17 other places on their live postings: Bastrop, Redmond, Starbase, Cape Canaveral, Palo Alto, McGregor and 11 more. Every company on one map →
Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Starship; Starlink.
Open roles 2,103
All 2,103 open roles, prefiltered on the jobs index →
Launch record 92 flown
The record shows 92 flown and 52 scheduled, from Jan 3, 2026 onward, 90 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 20, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | LF-04 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | LF-05 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | LF-06 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | LF-07 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | LF-08 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | LF-09 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | LF-10 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | LF-11 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | LF-12 | Go | ||
| Dec 20, 2026 | Falcon 9 Block 5 | LF-13 | Go |
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.
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