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Award fee under the Phase 2 launch contract Copy link
An award-fee payment under SpaceX's 2020 Phase 2 national security launch contract, ordered after Election Day 2024. USAspending shows $36,600,000 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.
- RecordUSAspending.gov · Award FA881125FB005 · 13 Nov 2024
- RecordU.S. Securities and Exchange Commission · Space Exploration Technologies Corp. registration statement · 03 Jun 2026 · Archived
$36.6MNot counted
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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