SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.) is a private American aerospace company founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with the mission to make life multiplanetary. Headquartered in Hawthorne, California, SpaceX designs, builds, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, including the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and the fully reusable Starship vehicle. The company also operates Starlink, a global satellite internet network. SpaceX was the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station and continues to lead the commercial spaceflight industry, with a dominant share of U.S. launches and ongoing development aimed at Moon and Mars missions.