SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared that NASA would account for only 5% of the commercial space flight company's 2026 revenue, touting the Starlink satellite internet service as a major income stream instead.
Responding to a post on the social media platform X on Sunday, which disagreed with the opinion that Musk would need to rely on military financing to keep his enterprises going.
Musk, in his response, shared that he loved NASA but acknowledged that it wasn't going to be a major source of SpaceX's income. "They will only be ~5% of SpaceX revenue this year," Musk said. He then added that the Starlink commercial system would instead make up for the "vast majority of SpaceX revenue."
SpaceX's Revenue, IPO
SpaceX reportedly generated a revenue of close to $16 billion in 2025, with the company also generating an $8 billion profit, most of which comes from its Starlink business, which accounted for 50% to 80% of the revenue.
Musk had, in the past, suggested that NASA would make up close to 7% of the company's total revenue. The billionaire shared that SpaceX won the contracts through competitive bids for various contracts, including astronaut and cargo transport to the Space Station and more.
SpaceX's projected revenue for this year is said to be in the $24 billion range, according to BNN Bloomberg, as the company announced a merger with Musk-backed xAI amid a potential IPO in June and rumors of a merger with Tesla Inc.
SpaceX's Lunar Pivot
Meanwhile, the commercial space flight company has pivoted its efforts to focus on reaching the moon, putting Musk's long-talked-about ambitions of building a colony on Mars. "The overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster," Musk said in a post on the social media platform X.
