SpaceX
SpaceX is named in 25 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 2017 to 2026.
SpaceX on the timeline
25 events · 2016–2026 · click any marker
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | FPDS Audit Finds SBIR Phase III 'Exclusion of Sources' Sole-Source Fingerprint Systemic Across Defense-AI Startup Cohort — $1.0B+ Non-Competitive, 91% Anduril; Larger Firms Route Around FPDS via OTA
5 src Anduril Industries · Palantir Technologies · Shield AI · Vannevar Labs · +6 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-24 | Palantir and Anduril Developing Core Software for $185 Billion Golden Dome Missile Shield
3 src Palantir · Anduril Industries · SpaceX · Elon Musk · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-18 | FY 2026 NDAA Sections 1651-1652 Codify Trump Golden Dome Missile Defense Policy, Lock In 2,440-Vendor Ecosystem Including SpaceX $2B Satellite Constellation
4 src U.S. Congress · 119th Congress · Senate Armed Services Committee · House Armed Services Committee · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-30 | SpaceX and xAI Purchase Thousands of Unsold Cybertrucks Before Tax Credit Deadline
2 src SpaceX · xAI · Tesla · Elon Musk | reported | |
| 2025-09-08 | SpaceX Acquires $17 Billion EchoStar Spectrum for Starlink Direct-to-Cell Service
2 src SpaceX · Elon Musk · EchoStar · Gwynne Shotwell | reported | |
| 2025-08-14 | Trump Eliminates SpaceX Environmental Safeguards via Executive Order
3 src Donald Trump · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Department of Transportation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-06-10 | Musk's Starlink Installed on White House Roof Raises Cybersecurity and Conflict of Interest Concerns
8 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Starlink · SpaceX | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-12 | FCC Launches Inquiry into EchoStar's Satellite Spectrum Utilization
3 src Brendan Carr · Charlie Ergen · SpaceX · EchoStar · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-07 | Trump Administration Moves to Eliminate Space and Rocket Launch Environmental Research
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-06 | SpaceX gets FAA permission for fivefold increase in Starship launches from Texas
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-05-02 | NASA Proposal Shifts $6 Billion, Prioritizing Mars Missions and Commercial Space Interests
3 src Donald Trump · Trump Administration · NASA Leadership · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-04 | SpaceX wins $5.9 billion Space Force contract amid congressional conflict-of-interest investigation
4 src SpaceX · U.S. Space Force · Elon Musk · Rep. Stephen Lynch · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-11 | FAA Reviews Verizon Contract Amid Starlink Competition
4 src Elon Musk · Donald Trump · Verizon Communications · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-09 | Chinese Investors Secretly Invest Millions in Elon Musk's Private Companies
3 src Elon Musk · Chinese Investors · SpaceX | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Rapidly in Federal Government Infrastructure
3 src Elon Musk · SpaceX · Starlink · Donald Trump · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | SpaceX Confirms Starlink Loan Agreement with FAA for Infrastructure Testing
3 src Elon Musk · SpaceX · Federal Aviation Administration · L3Harris Technologies · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-25 | FAA approves 4,000 Starlink terminals, considers canceling $2.4B Verizon contract
4 src Federal Aviation Administration · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Starlink · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-21 | DOJ drops immigration discrimination case against SpaceX
4 src Department of Justice · Elon Musk · SpaceX · Tesla | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-07 | Trump Air Force nominee arranged satellite contract in manner that favored Musk's SpaceX
4 src Troy Meink · Elon Musk · SpaceX · National Reconnaissance Office · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-02-01 | Musk companies received $38 billion in government support over 20 years
3 src Elon Musk · SpaceX · Tesla · Starlink · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-31 | Russian Oligarch Held SpaceX Stake While Under U.S. Sanctions
4 src Suleiman Kerimov · SpaceX · Elon Musk · Heritage Trust · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2024-12-06 | Palantir and Anduril Launch AI Defense Consortium, Later Expand to SpaceX, OpenAI, and Scale AI
5 src Palantir Technologies · Anduril Industries · Alex Karp · Palmer Luckey · +5 | confirmed | |
| 2024-02-11 | Ukrainian intelligence confirms systemic Russian military use of Starlink
5 src Russian military · Ukrainian intelligence · Elon Musk · SpaceX · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2023-01-01 | SpaceX Wins $1.8 Billion Classified NRO Contract for Hundreds of Spy Satellites
2 src SpaceX · Elon Musk · National Reconnaissance Office · Pentagon | confirmed | |
| 2017-01-01 | Reports: Sanctioned oligarch Suleiman Kerimov held ~1% SpaceX stake via Heritage Trust
4 src Suleyman Kerimov (Russian Federation Council member) · SpaceX · Elon Musk · Heritage Trust · +5 | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Elon Musk
22× shared
Donald Trump
10× shared
Trump Administration
6× shared
Federal Aviation Administration
5× shared
Starlink
5× shared
Anduril Industries
4× shared
Palantir Technologies
3× shared
Tesla
3× shared
Citigroup
2× shared
Department of Government Efficiency
2× shared
EchoStar
2× shared
Heritage Trust
2× shared
L3Harris Technologies
2× shared
Lockheed Martin
2× shared
National Reconnaissance Office
2× shared
Northrop Grumman
2× shared
OpenAI
2× shared
Peter Thiel
2× shared
Scale AI
2× shared
Verizon
2× shared
119th Congress
1× shared
Alex Karp
1× shared
Brendan Carr
1× shared
Charlie Ergen
1× shared
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