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SpaceX now fundamentally an "infrastructure company," senior official says

"In the last couple years, when I talk about SpaceX, yes, we are a rocket company, but fundamentally we are an infrastructure company at this point," Dontchev said.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 9, 2026, 3:39 PM UTC
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  • "We're building infrastructure on the ground and low Earth orbit, soon on the Moon, and obviously eventually Mars." Read full article Comments.

But that began to change over the last decade with the introduction of Starlink, and the change has accelerated during the last 18 months as the company has pivoted to data and artificial intelligence.

For a long time, SpaceX has been synonymous with the development of newer, larger, and ever-more-reusable rockets.

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