2. What is SpaceX
corp.?
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business
as SpaceX, is a private American aerospace
manufacturer and space transportation services
company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It
was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of
reducing space transportation costs to enable
the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has developed
the Falcon launch vehicle family and
the Dragon spacecraft family.
3. Historical background
• In 2001, Musk introduced "Mars Oasis", a
project to land a miniature experimental
greenhouse containing seeds with dehydrated
gel on Mars to grow plants on Martian soil, "so
this would be the furthest that life's ever
traveled" in an attempt to regain public interest
in space exploration and increase the budget of
NASA .It was on the edge of dying out, as Musk
has said. After three unsuccessful attempts to
reach orbit, his team scrounged together
enough parts for a fourth rocket, and SpaceX
made history with its Falcon 1 rocket. SpaceX
has won billions of dollars in NASA and Air Force
launch contracts.
4. Market Share
SpaceX's market share
increased rapidly. In 2016,
SpaceX had 30% global market
share for newly awarded
commercial launch contracts,
in 2017 the market share
reached 45%, and 65% in
2018.
6. Falcon 9
• Successful landed Mutiple rocket and
delivered 11 communication satellite
• It can safely complete the mission even
when engine shut down
• Falcon 9 is a two stage rockets
7.
8. Revenue
SpaceX makes roughly $2.5
billion a year in revenue, from
contracts with organizations
like NASA and companies like
Iridium. The exact figures
aren’t public SpaceX is a
private company
9. Income
Grant 3M NASA (2019)
grant 535M (2015)
Total fund 3.1B
Grants are non-repayable funds or
products disbursed or given by one
party.
Equity is ownership of assets that
may have debts or other liabilities
attached to them. Equity is
measured by subtracting liabilities
from the value of an asset
10. Launching site
• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
• Kennedy Space Center
• Vandenberg Air Force Base
• Drone ships
11. More information
• As of November 2017, the company had grown to
nearly 7,000
• SpaceX pays its employees an average of $88,184 a year.
Salaries at SpaceX range from an average of $63,577 to
$120,031 a year
• Launched more than 100 contracts
• Earned over $12B in contracts
• They recycle their rockets
• It’s working on a mission to Mars
• 18 successful Falcon 9 landings as of 2017.
