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    Starshield service support for the Space Force Copy link

    Starshield service support (Space Force commercial satellite communications office). Ordered under the Space Force's multi-vendor satellite-communications contract; USAspending records one offer and a single-source justification for this order. USAspending shows $135,000,000 obligated.

    Awarded to SpaceX by U.S. Space Force

    Tie Musk founded SpaceX and is its CEO and chairman. Its June 2026 IPO prospectus says he will hold about 82.4% of the voting power after the offering.

    $135M
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Elon Musk

Trump's largest 2024 donor and former senior adviser. CEO of SpaceX and Tesla; ran DOGE as a special government employee until May 2025

$2.94B counted by default · 32 line items

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Follow the Grift, “Starshield service support for the Space Force,” line item for Elon Musk, https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa254126fb008/ (added 26 Oct 2026; accessed 01 Nov 2026).