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SpaceX

Very High49/54 relationships sourcedProfile verified Sep 30, 2026
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At a glance

SpaceX provides launch services, operates the Starlink satellite internet constellation, and runs a Super Intelligence segment that includes xAI (a wholly owned subsidiary since Feb 2, 2026) and Cursor (acquired Aug 14, 2026). 7B. 6M consumer subscribers.

  • 13 sourced links show other companies and organisations relying on SpaceX.
  • 49 of 54 recorded relationships carry a cited source (91%).
  • 3 documented changes to its relationships in the last 90 days, against 5 in the 90 days before.
  • Invests in 1 other company on record.
  • 6 named competitors on record.
Importance (our rating)
Very High
Relationships sourced
91%
Evidence strength
70/100

The share of relationships with a source, adjusted for how recent and how primary those sources are — so it sits below the plain sourced share.

Activity (90 days)
Slowing

Opportunities (our analysis)

Continued Starlink global expansionGrowing role in government and defense space contractsIntegration into public-market indices and increased analyst/investor scrutiny post-IPO

Risks (our analysis)

Now subject to public-market financial disclosure and quarterly earnings scrutinyRegulatory scrutiny of Starlink spectrum and launch licensingExecution risk on Starship development

Most important dependencies

Elon Musk (Was developed by)Federal Aviation Administration (Is regulated by)EchoStar Corporation (Depends on)
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Figures researched 2026-10-26 · market data Oct 28, 2026 (delayed). Not investment advice.

  • Guidance track record: beat its own guidance midpoint in 1 of 1 scored periods (average +6.7%).
  • Next catalysts: Nov 2026 — Starship Flight 15; Dec 31, 2026 — Year-end targets: $100B ARR and >2 GW compute; H1 2027 — 800 MHz spectrum closing (expected)

Financial Snapshot

Reported figures from SpaceX's cited filings, plus live valuation (Yahoo Finance, delayed). Not investment advice.

Revenue (FY2025)

$18.7B

Operating income (loss) (FY2025)

−$2.6B

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) (FY2025)

$6.6B

Revenue (Q3 2026)

$14.6B

+161% YoY

Gross margin (calculated) (Q3 2026)

62%

Operating income (Q3 2026)

$2.8B

Net cash

$50.6B

cash $89.9B · debt $39.2B

P/E

—

forward 63.4×

3-year trend · as reported

Fiscal year endedDec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Revenue$10.4B$14.0B$18.7B
Revenue growth—+35%+33%
Operating margin4.9%5.3%-11%
Diluted EPS−$0.44$0.00−$0.51
Free cash flow$105.0M−$5.4B−$14.1B

Source: company filings via Yahoo Finance. Full history in the Analyst Report.

Consensus: Analysts expect $22.9B of revenue this quarter (25 analysts). This fiscal year's EPS estimate is $0.21 (+103%). Reported EPS beat the consensus in 2 of the last 2 quarters (average +91%). Provider compilation of analyst estimates (Yahoo Finance) — market context, not an InsightNodes forecast.

Credit: Net cash of $1.4B (fiscal year ended Dec 2025).

Bull · Base · Bear

InsightNodes editorial analysis of SpaceX, built only on the cited sources — what each case would require, not a forecast, probability or recommendation.

Bull case

  • Super Intelligence keeps scaling (Q3 2026 revenue $7.6B, segment Adj. EBITDA $5.0B, operating income $431M after losses in each earlier quarter shown) and the Q1 2027 revenue guide of $33-37B is met.Trigger: Q1 2027 revenue at or above $33B and SI operating income positive for a second consecutive quarter [SpaceX (investor relations)] [SpaceX (investor relations)]

Base case

  • Capital intensity stays extreme: Q4 capex of $35-40B on top of $48.1B in 9M 2026, absorbing most operating cash flow and IPO proceeds.Trigger: Q4 2026 capex reported within the $35-40B range and cash plus marketable securities falling below ~$70B [SpaceX (investor relations)] [SpaceX (investor relations)]

Bear case

Full cases in the Full Analyst Report.

SpaceX provides launch services, operates the Starlink satellite internet constellation, and runs a Super Intelligence segment that includes xAI (a wholly owned subsidiary since Feb 2, 2026) and Cursor (acquired Aug 14, 2026). It listed on Nasdaq (SPCX) in June 2026 at $135 per share, raising about $85.7B. FY2025 revenue was $18.7B, 61% from Starlink; Q3 2026 revenue rose 161% to $14.6B with operating income of $2.8B, and Starlink had 13.6M consumer subscribers. SpaceX spent $48.1B on capex in 9M 2026, mainly AI compute, and guided Q4 capex of $35-40B. Starship reached orbit for the first time on Flight 14 on Sep 28, 2026, deploying the first Starlink V3 satellites.

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Leading Indicators

Hiring and patent filing trends — the underlying numbers Momentum is computed from. Insider filing activity is tracked separately under Sources below.

Limited datadriven mostly by insider filing activity: 1 → 2 insider filings (+100%) vs the previous period, up 1. Partial read: based on 1 of 3 signals (insider filing activity).
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Additional Intelligence Signals

Patent citation lineage, earnings-call mentions, and federal contract disclosures — automatically collected, not yet visible anywhere else on the site.

Earnings-call mentions

Mentioned by Planet Labs

“This will be Planet's third launch this year. Shipped Tanager-2 and SuperDoves to Launch Site : Earlier this week, Planet announced that the Tanager-2 satellite and 18 SuperDove satellites (Flock 4J) were shipped to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of its launch aboard the upcoming Transporter-18 mission with SpaceX.”

SEC 8-K exhibit (0001193125-26-381874) · Sep 3, 2026

Mentioned by Planet Labs

“In May, Planet launched three additional AI-enabled Pelican satellites aboard a SpaceX launch vehicle, bringing the total number of high-resolution Pelicans on orbit to nine.”

SEC 8-K exhibit (0001193125-26-257401) · Jun 4, 2026

Mentioned by AST SpaceMobile

“agreements with multiple launch providers, including Blue Origin, SpaceX, and others”

SEC 8-K exhibit (0001193125-26-216946) · May 11, 2026

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Sources

Every claim traced to a primary source — evidence, recent activity, and insider filing behavior, all in one place.

Evidence

49 sources · 5 government/SEC filings

Latest Activity

Insider Filing Activity

2Form 4 filings, trailing 90 days+1 since last week's snapshot

Counts filing frequency only — transaction direction/size wasn't parseable from the sampled filings · sourced from SEC EDGAR · as of Oct 5, 2026

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Acquisition & Investment Fit

AI-reasoned, generated only from entities already in InsightNodes's own graph — a hypothetical strategic-fit exercise, not real M&A intelligence or a signal that any deal is planned or in progress.

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Relationship Map

Who SpaceX relies on, who relies on it, where its capital goes, and who it competes with — the most important connections first. Search for any company to see how it links to SpaceX, or open the full list.

IT RELIES ON · 9RELIES ON IT · 45CAPITAL · 7COMPETITORS & REGULATORS · 13PRODUCTS & PARTNERS · 10SpaceXRBC Bearings Incorporated supplies SpaceX — HighRBC Bearings IncorporatedHigh · Aerospace & DefenseSTMicroelectronics supplies SpaceX — HighSTMicroelectronicsHigh · SemiconductorsSpaceX relies on EchoStar Corporation — HighEchoStar CorporationHigh · TelecommunicationsSpaceX relies on NVIDIA — HighNVIDIAHigh · SemiconductorsVelo3D, Inc. supplies SpaceX — MediumVelo3D, Inc.Medium · Manufacturing & Electro…Valor Equity Partners supplies SpaceX — MediumValor Equity PartnersMedium · Funds & Investment Vehi…dLocal Limited supplies SpaceX — MediumdLocal LimitedMedium · Fintech & Digital AssetsSpaceX supplies Anthropic — Very HighAnthropicVery high · AI LabsSpaceX supplies T-Mobile US — HighT-Mobile USHigh · TelecommunicationsSatellogic Inc. is supplied by SpaceX — HighSatellogic Inc.High · Space & Satellite Syste…SpaceX supplies Globalstar — HighGlobalstarHigh · Space & Satellite Syste…Momentus Inc. is supplied by SpaceX — HighMomentus Inc.High · Space & Satellite Syste…SpaceX supplies Anysphere — HighAnysphereHigh · Developer ToolsSpaceX supplies Eutelsat OneWeb — HighEutelsat OneWebHigh · TelecommunicationsSpaceX invests in EchoStar Corporation — HighEchoStar Corpora…High · investmentTesla invests in SpaceX — HighTeslaHigh · investorNVIDIA invests in SpaceX — HighNVIDIAHigh · investorFounders Fund invests in SpaceX — HighFounders FundHigh · investorNorway's Government Pension Fund Global (NBIM) invests in SpaceX — MediumNorway's Governm…Medium · investorSpaceX is regulated by Federal Aviation Administration — Very HighFederal Aviation…Very high · regulator / ruleSpaceX competes with Amazon — HighAmazonHigh · competitorSpaceX competes with Blue Origin — HighBlue OriginHigh · competitorSpaceX includes xAI — CriticalxAICriticalSpaceX is listed on Nasdaq — Very HighNasdaqVery high

Showing the most important 24 of 76 connections, ranked by importance and sourcing. Hover to isolate one, click for its sources. Thicker line = more important; dashed = no source linked yet.

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The Story So Far (last 6 months)

Aug 2026: Hits 100th launch of the year for third straight year; surpasses 11,000 satellites in orbit→Sep 2026: SpaceX targets first Starship orbital flight and Starlink V3 deployment for Starship Flig…→Sep 2026: Starship stacked for first true orbital flight attempt→Sep 2026: Google's Project Suncatcher prototype set to launch on SpaceX Transporter-18, Oct 1 2026→Sep 2026: FAA licensing gates Starship Flight 14 launch window→Sep 2026: Starship reaches orbit for the first time on Flight 14, deploys 26 Starlink V3 satellites

Auto-generated from this entity's dated milestones, relationship updates, and sourced evidence — not AI-written, just sorted.

Market Intelligence

Unverified

Credibly-reported claims — analyst notes, sourcing citing “people familiar with the matter,” deals where the companies involved declined to comment — that haven't been officially confirmed. Kept structurally separate from the sourced evidence above; treat as a lead worth researching further, not an established fact.

Disputed $52B Foxconn AI-server order — reported by Taiwanese press, denied by Musk

25% confidence

Taiwan's Economic Daily reported that Foxconn secured a contract to build more than 13,000 NVIDIA GB300 server racks (up to 936,000 GPUs) for SpaceX's Colossus data centers, valued at an estimated $52 billion — a figure derived from an assumed per-rack cost rather than a disclosed contract price.

Reported by Taiwanese financial press; Elon Musk publicly called the report "fake news" on X, while the original report described talks as ongoing and potentially still able to fall through — the two accounts directly conflict.

Taiwan Economic Daily (via TweakTown) · Jun 1, 2026

FoxconnNVIDIA

Reignited chatter about a possible Tesla-SpaceX merger

30% confidence

Elon Musk has reportedly discussed with colleagues the possibility of merging Tesla and SpaceX into a single combined entity, which analysts estimate could be valued at roughly $3.35-3.6 trillion — spanning rockets, satellites, electric vehicles, AI infrastructure, and energy storage.

Reported by CNBC, citing people familiar with the discussions; no merger has been proposed formally or confirmed by either company, and prediction markets place the odds well under even.

CNBC · May 26, 2026

TeslaElon Musk
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SpaceX's Timeline

A sourced, dated history of SpaceX's key moments — founding to present.

  1. Aug 2026 · Hits 100th launch of the year for third straight year; surpasses 11,000 satellites in orbit

    SpaceX launched its 100th mission of 2026 on August 19, hitting the century mark for the third consecutive year, and surpassed 11,000 Starlink satellites in low Earth orbit; the company continued near-daily Starlink launches through late August, including a Falcon 9 booster's record 37th flight, while preparing Starship flight test IFT-14 to deliver operational Starlink V3 satellites and attempt an upper-stage catch at the launch site.

  2. Sep 2026 · Starship reaches orbit for the first time on Flight 14, deploys 26 Starlink V3 satellites

    Starship Flight 14 achieved SpaceX's first full orbital Starship flight. A vacuum Raptor engine shut down early during the second-stage burn, but flight control completed the climb to orbit via a follow-up single-engine burn. Starship deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites into operational orbit roughly 30 minutes into the mission, completed two orbits, then performed a deorbit burn and splashed down in the Pacific north of Hawaii after a roughly three-hour flight -- validating the operational (not just test) role of Starship-launched Starlink V3 capacity, though the single-engine anomaly means full engine-out margin at orbital altitude is not yet demonstrated.

    Source

  3. Oct 2026 · Transporter-18 launches Google Project Suncatcher prototype

    Falcon 9 rideshare deployed the Suncatcher prototype satellite

    Source
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How These Connections Evolved

How a relationship changed over time, not just its current state — sourced, dated, and traceable.

SpaceX ↔ Reusable Launch Vehicles & Satellite Constellations

  1. Jan 2025

    SpaceX's Falcon 9 completed 165 orbital launches in 2025, with a single booster reaching 33 flights, while the company advanced development of the fully reusable Starship system.

  2. Now

    SpaceX pioneered reusable orbital rocket technology with Falcon 9 (165 orbital launches in 2025, with a single booster reaching 32 flights by year-end) and is developing the fully reusable Starship system (five suborbital test flights in 2025).

SpaceX ↔ Elon Musk

  1. Jun 2026

    SpaceX completed the largest IPO in history in June 2026, pricing near a $1.77 trillion valuation under Elon Musk's continued leadership alongside Tesla and xAI.

  2. Now

    SpaceX was founded and is led by Elon Musk, who also leads Tesla and xAI.

SpaceX ↔ xAI

  1. Feb 2026

    Merger closed: xAI became a wholly-owned SpaceX subsidiary (XAI Holdings LLC) in an all-stock deal valuing the combined company at ~$1.25 trillion.

  2. Now

    xAI's acquisition by SpaceX closed February 2, 2026 in an all-stock transaction valuing the combined company at roughly $1.25 trillion. Per Nevada merger filings, X.AI Holdings Corp. was merged into a special-purpose merger subsidiary and the surviving entity was renamed XAI Holdings LLC -- xAI continues as a distinct, wholly-owned SpaceX subsidiary (not absorbed into SpaceX's own operating entity), keeping its accounts, Grok models and Colossus GPU clusters separately legible within the combined structure.