SpaceX (launch provider)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf private aerospace company
gptkbp:CEO gptkb:Elon_Musk
gptkb:Gwynne_Shotwell
gptkbp:firstCommercialCustomer gptkb:Malaysia
gptkbp:firstCommercialLaunch 2009-07-14
gptkbp:firstCommercialLaunchVehicle gptkb:Falcon_1
gptkbp:firstOrbitalLaunchDate 2008-09-28
gptkbp:firstPrivateCompanyToDockWithISS 2012
gptkbp:firstPrivateCompanyToLandOrbitalRocket 2015
gptkbp:firstPrivateCompanyToSendHumansToOrbit 2020
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Elon_Musk
gptkbp:foundedIn 2002
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Hawthorne,_California,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SpaceX (launch provider)
gptkbp:industry aerospace
space transportation
gptkbp:launchedFirstOrbitalRocket gptkb:Falcon_1
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Kennedy_Space_Center
gptkb:Boca_Chica,_Texas
gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_Space_Force_Station
gptkb:Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base
gptkbp:mainContractor gptkb:NASA
gptkb:US_Department_of_Defense
commercial satellite operators
gptkbp:mission reduce space transportation costs
enable colonization of Mars
gptkbp:notableAchievement most launches in a single year by a private company
first private company to send astronauts to the ISS
Starlink satellite constellation deployment
first private company to send a spacecraft to the ISS
first private company to reuse an orbital rocket
largest operational rocket (Falcon Heavy)
first private company to land an orbital rocket booster
first privately funded liquid-fueled rocket to reach orbit
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:Ax-1
gptkb:Crew-1
gptkb:Demo-2
gptkb:Inspiration4
gptkb:CRS-1
gptkb:Transporter-1
Starlink launches
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 12,000 (2023)
gptkbp:parentCompany Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
gptkbp:product gptkb:Starlink
gptkb:satellite
gptkb:Dragon_spacecraft
gptkb:Falcon_1
gptkb:Falcon_9
gptkb:Falcon_Heavy
gptkbp:reusable gptkb:satellite
gptkb:Falcon_9
gptkb:Falcon_Heavy
gptkbp:valuation over $100 billion (2023)
gptkbp:website https://www.spacex.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Iridium_Communications_Inc.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6