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Contractors / Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

prime recipient of federal awards · UEI C6M7C2FLKER5 ✓ from source
$3.1B
obligated · FY2023
10
funding agencies
72%
from National Aeron…
10
states
59%
in California
9
industries

Obligations by year

≈ computed
$3.1B
FY23
$3.8B
FY24
$3.8B
FY25
▲ 22%
since FY23

Where this money comes from

✓ from source
FUNDING AGENCIES
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNO
NASA
$2.3B
Defense
$0.9B
8 other agencies
$0B
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
$3.1B
FY2023 obligated
band width = obligations · FY2023 · source: USASpending.gov

Biggest awards (total value)

Work Required for the Design, Development, Manufacture, Test, Launch, Demonstration, and…
awarded 2020$3B
Commercial Crew Program (Ccp) Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (Cctcap) Contract…
awarded 2016$3B
Design, Develop, Manufacture, Test, Integrate, Achieve NASA Acceptance, Deliver, and…
awarded 2024$425.6M
National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 1
awarded 2024$386.9M
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle 1A-6 Launch Services
awarded 2019$313.8M
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Global Positioning System III Launch Services
awarded 2018$244M
SBS003512 Best Effort
awarded 2024$198.6M
National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Services
awarded 2024$183.4M

Total value over each award’s life, for awards active in FY2023: a decades-long contract can exceed one year’s obligations above.

What it does (NAICS / PSC)

Nonscheduled Chartered Freight Air Transportation$1.3B
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$939.8M
Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing$852.8M
Satellite Telecommunications$15.9M
Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing$153K
Telecommunications Resellers$76.3K
Other Computer Related Services$48K
Other Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing$10K

Where the work lands

California✓ from source$1.8B
Florida✓ from source$583.6M
Maryland✓ from source$14M
Oregon✓ from source$324K
Guam✓ from source$305.5K
Arizona✓ from source$216.3K
Virginia✓ from source$54K
Mississippi✓ from source$53.1K

Competitors

United Launch Services, LLC≈ computed$620M
Kalitta Air LLC≈ computed$208.5M
Air Transport International Inc≈ computed$153.5M
Blue Origin Washington, LLC≈ computed$50.6M
Canadian Commercial Corporation≈ computed$19.9M
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation≈ computed$11.4M
United Parcel Service Co.≈ computed$7.3M
Lockheed Martin Corporation≈ computed$600K

computed from shared NAICS, not a stated rivalry.

Corporate family

Single registration: no combined family.

Political contributions

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. PACgave$918.5Kto members of Congress, 2024 cycle✓ from source
Betty McCollum (Democrat)$10K
Robert J. Wittman (Republican)$10K
Henry Cuellar (Democrat)$10K
Dan Sullivan (Republican)$10K
Deborah K. Ross (Democrat)$10K
Eric Schmitt (Republican)$10K
Andrea Salinas (Democrat)$10K
Dale W. Strong (Republican)$10K
Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat)$10K
Jay Obernolte (Republican)$10K

linked through public filings, not a claim of coordination. contribution reported to the FEC, a public campaign-finance record.

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Why the labels? The graph is only worth anything if the links are trusted. Facts taken straight from a federal filing are ✓ from source; anything we compute or infer (corporate parents, districts, competitors) is ≈ inferred and worded carefully, never asserted as fact.