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Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX), better known as SpaceX, is a vertically integrated aerospace, connectivity, and artificial intelligence company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk and headquartered in Starbase, Texas. The company operates across three segments: Space, which designs and launches reusable rockets including Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and the next-generation Starship system; Connectivity, which powers the Starlink satellite broadband network serving 10.3 million subscribers across 164 countries; and AI, encompassing the Grok large language model (LLM), X social media platform, and the Colossus AI data center complex, all absorbed through SpaceX's landmark acquisition of xAI in February 2026.
