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In July 2017, the company raised {{USD|350 million|long=no}}, which raised its valuation to {{USD|21 billion|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite news|date=27 July 2017|title=SpaceX Is Now One of the World's Most Valuable Privately Held Companies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/technology/spacex-is-now-one-of-the-worlds-most-valuable-privately-held-companies.html/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129115140/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/technology/spacex-is-now-one-of-the-worlds-most-valuable-privately-held-companies.html|archive-date=29 November 2017|access-date=16 November 2017|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> In 2017, SpaceX achieved a 45% global market share for awarded commercial launch contracts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/as-the-spacex-steamroller-surges-european-rocket-industry-vows-to-resist/?amp=1|title=As the SpaceX steamroller surges, European rocket industry vows to resist|date=20 July 2018|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180720141110/https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/as-the-spacex-steamroller-surges-european-rocket-industry-vows-to-resist/?amp=1|url-status=live}}</ref> By March 2018, SpaceX had more than 100 launches on its manifest representing about {{USD|12 billion|long=no}} in contract revenue.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spacex.com/about|title=Company|last=spacexcmsadmin |date=27 November 2012|publisher=SpaceX|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222061801/http://www.spacex.com/about}}</ref> The contracts included both commercial and [[Federal government of the United States|government]] (NASA/DOD) customers.<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=Company {{!}} SpaceX |url=http://www.spacex.com/about |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222061801/http://www.spacex.com/about |archive-date=22 February 2017 |access-date=1 March 2017 |publisher=SpaceX}}</ref> This made SpaceX the leading global commercial launch provider measured by manifested launches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/legislative/hearings/7-13-17%20HUGHES.pdf|title=Statement of Tim Hughes Senior Vice President for Global Business and Government Affairs Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)|last=Hughes|first=Tim|date=13 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023122656/https://www.hq.nasa.gov/legislative/hearings/7-13-17%20HUGHES.pdf|archive-date=23 October 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In July 2017, the company raised {{USD|350 million|long=no}}, which raised its valuation to {{USD|21 billion|long=no}}.<ref>{{cite news|date=27 July 2017|title=SpaceX Is Now One of the World's Most Valuable Privately Held Companies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/technology/spacex-is-now-one-of-the-worlds-most-valuable-privately-held-companies.html/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129115140/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/technology/spacex-is-now-one-of-the-worlds-most-valuable-privately-held-companies.html|archive-date=29 November 2017|access-date=16 November 2017|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> In 2017, SpaceX achieved a 45% global market share for awarded commercial launch contracts.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/as-the-spacex-steamroller-surges-european-rocket-industry-vows-to-resist/?amp=1|title=As the SpaceX steamroller surges, European rocket industry vows to resist|date=20 July 2018|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-date=20 July 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180720141110/https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/as-the-spacex-steamroller-surges-european-rocket-industry-vows-to-resist/?amp=1|url-status=live}}</ref> By March 2018, SpaceX had more than 100 launches on its manifest representing about {{USD|12 billion|long=no}} in contract revenue.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spacex.com/about|title=Company|last=spacexcmsadmin |date=27 November 2012|publisher=SpaceX|access-date=29 March 2018|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222061801/http://www.spacex.com/about}}</ref> The contracts included both commercial and [[Federal government of the United States|government]] (NASA/DOD) customers.<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=Company {{!}} SpaceX |url=http://www.spacex.com/about |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222061801/http://www.spacex.com/about |archive-date=22 February 2017 |access-date=1 March 2017 |publisher=SpaceX}}</ref> This made SpaceX the leading global commercial launch provider measured by manifested launches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/legislative/hearings/7-13-17%20HUGHES.pdf|title=Statement of Tim Hughes Senior Vice President for Global Business and Government Affairs Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)|last=Hughes|first=Tim|date=13 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023122656/https://www.hq.nasa.gov/legislative/hearings/7-13-17%20HUGHES.pdf|archive-date=23 October 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>


In 2017, SpaceX formed a subsidiary, [[The Boring Company]],<ref name="hawthore20180911">[http://hawthorne-ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&event_id=490&meta_id=35783 Agenda Item No. 9, City of Hawthorne City Council, Agenda Bill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224164217/http://hawthorne-ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&event_id=490&meta_id=35783|date=24 February 2021}}, 11 September 2018, Planning and Community Development Department, City of Hawthorne. Retrieved 13 September 2018.</ref> and began work to construct a short test tunnel on and adjacent to the SpaceX headquarters and manufacturing facility, using a small number of SpaceX employees,<ref name=lat20171121>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elon-musk-boring-company-20171121-story.html|title=Elon Musk's tunneling company wants to dig through L.A.|first=Laura J.|last=Nelson|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=21 November 2017|access-date=13 September 2018|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327084136/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elon-musk-boring-company-20171121-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which was completed in May 2018,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/05/11/elon-musk-la-traffic-tunnel-nearly-complete/ |title=Nothing "Boring" About Elon Musk's Newly Revealed Underground Tunnel|date=11 May 2018|website=cbslocal.com|access-date=2 February 2019|archive-date=3 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203163806/https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/05/11/elon-musk-la-traffic-tunnel-nearly-complete/|url-status=live}}</ref> and opened to the public in December 2018.<ref name=wsj20181217 /> During 2018, The Boring Company was [[Spin-out|spun out]] into a separate [[corporate entity]] with 6% of the equity going to SpaceX, less than 10% to early employees, and the remainder of the equity to Elon Musk.<ref name=wsj20181217>{{cite news|last=Copeland|first=Rob|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-new-boring-co-faced-questions-over-spacex-financial-ties-11545078371|title=Elon Musk's New Boring Co. Faced Questions Over SpaceX Financial Ties|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=17 December 2018|access-date=18 December 2018|quote=''When the Boring Co. was earlier this year spun into its own firm, more than 90% of the equity went to Mr. Musk and the rest to early employees... The Boring Co. has since given some equity to SpaceX as compensation for the help... about 6% of Boring stock, "based on the value of land, time and other resources contributed since the creation of the company".''|archive-date=18 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218044810/https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-new-boring-co-faced-questions-over-spacex-financial-ties-11545078371|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2017, SpaceX formed a subsidiary, [[The Boring Company]],<ref name="hawthore20180911">[http://hawthorne-ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&event_id=490&meta_id=35783 Agenda Item No. 9, City of Hawthorne City Council, Agenda Bill] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224164217/http://hawthorne-ca.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&event_id=490&meta_id=35783|date=24 February 2021}}, 11 September 2018, Planning and Community Development Department, City of Hawthorne. Retrieved 13 September 2018.</ref> and began work to construct a short test tunnel on and adjacent to the SpaceX headquarters and manufacturing facility, using a small number of SpaceX employees,<ref name=lat20171121>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elon-musk-boring-company-20171121-story.html|title=Elon Musk's tunneling company wants to dig through L.A.|first=Laura J.|last=Nelson|website=Los Angeles Times|date=21 November 2017|access-date=13 September 2018|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327084136/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-elon-musk-boring-company-20171121-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which was completed in May 2018,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/05/11/elon-musk-la-traffic-tunnel-nearly-complete/ |title=Nothing "Boring" About Elon Musk's Newly Revealed Underground Tunnel|date=11 May 2018|website=cbslocal.com|access-date=2 February 2019|archive-date=3 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203163806/https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/05/11/elon-musk-la-traffic-tunnel-nearly-complete/|url-status=live}}</ref> and opened to the public in December 2018.<ref name=wsj20181217 /> During 2018, The Boring Company was [[Spin-out|spun out]] into a separate [[corporate entity]] with 6% of the equity going to SpaceX, less than 10% to early employees, and the remainder of the equity to Elon Musk.<ref name=wsj20181217>{{cite news|last=Copeland|first=Rob|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-new-boring-co-faced-questions-over-spacex-financial-ties-11545078371|title=Elon Musk's New Boring Co. Faced Questions Over SpaceX Financial Ties|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=17 December 2018|access-date=18 December 2018|quote=''When the Boring Co. was earlier this year spun into its own firm, more than 90% of the equity went to Mr. Musk and the rest to early employees... The Boring Co. has since given some equity to SpaceX as compensation for the help... about 6% of Boring stock, "based on the value of land, time and other resources contributed since the creation of the company".''|archive-date=18 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218044810/https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-new-boring-co-faced-questions-over-spacex-financial-ties-11545078371|url-status=live}}</ref>


=== Since 2019: Starship, first crewed launches, Starlink and general ===
=== Since 2019: Starship, first crewed launches, Starlink and general ===
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