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Starlink and Starshield service and hardware for the military Copy link
Commercial satellite communications service and hardware (Starlink/Starshield). 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 $134,467,050 obligated of a potential $199,762,425.
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.
- RecordUSAspending.gov · Award FA254126FB019 · 12 Dec 2025
- RecordU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement · 03 Jun 2026 · Archived
$134MNot countedof $200M potential
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, “Starlink and Starshield service and hardware for the military,” line item for Elon Musk, https://followthegrift.com/items/musk-spacex-fa254126fb019/ (added 26 Oct 2026; accessed 01 Nov 2026).