SpaceX | 3,412,628 followers on LinkedIn. SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft | SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary. SpaceX has gained worldwide attention for a series of historic milestones.