SpaceX Has Spent More Than $15 Billion on Starship Rocket (1)

SpaceX said it has sunk more than $15 billion into developing its massive Starship rocket, which is manufactured and launched out of its Starbase facility in South Texas.

The company made the announcement in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Wednesday.

In 2025, SpaceX spent roughly $3 billion on Starship, an increase from $1.84 billion it spent on the new rocket the previous year.

Advertised as the most powerful rocket ever developed, Starship is SpaceX’s incredibly ambitious vehicle, designed to loft large satellites to orbit and eventually take people to the moon and Mars.

It’s also meant to ...