# Who does SpaceX pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/spacex · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-10-09T17:24:45.559874+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: SpaceX's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include EchoStar Corporation, ST마이크로일렉트로닉스 plus 1 undisclosed/aggregate relationship. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 3 cost edges, backed by 6 dated sources, 2 of them primary filings (as of 2026-10-09).

### 에코스타 (high)  → /echostar.md
- metric: Contract value $20B · amended agreement 2025 · Total consideration under the amended SpaceX spectrum transaction
- note: SpaceX agreed to acquire AWS-4, H-Block, and additional AWS-3 spectrum rights from EchoStar for approximately $20 billion in consideration combining cash and SpaceX shares.
- [confirms] SEC EDGAR (EN, filing, published 2026-03-02) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1415404/000110465926021817/tmb-20251231x10k.htm: "Total consideration increased from $17 billion to approximately $20 billion."
- [mentions] Hana Securities (KO, research, published 2025-09-23) https://www.hanaw.com/main/research/research/download.cmd?attachFileSeq=1&bbsCd=2220&bbsId=&bbsSeq=1284288&dbType=: "Hana Securities analyzes the initially announced 45 MHz SpaceX transaction at $17 billion."
- [mentions] Associated Press (EN, news, published 2025-09-08) https://apnews.com/article/echostar-spacex-musk-att-fcc-98875d3efa06242b0af80399dd3e0ca8: "The initial deal included up to $8.5 billion in cash and $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock."

### ST마이크로일렉트로닉스 (mid)  → /stmicroelectronics.md
- metric: supply volume 1 million terminals · 2020~ · Starlink terminal production agreement (as reported)
- note: STMicroelectronics manufactures the application processor, RF front-end and secure element of the Starlink user terminal; a reported production agreement covers 1 million terminals (~$2,400 each), and teardowns confirm ST silicon (Catson SoC).
- [confirms] KU Leuven COSIC (EN, research, published 2022-01-01) https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/blog/dumping-and-extracting-the-spacex-starlink-user-terminal-firmware/: "The user terminal contains a STMicroelectronics STSAFE secure element, and the processor is a Quad-Core Cortex-A53 within the Catson SoC manufactured by STMicroelectronics."
- [confirms] Wccftech (EN, news, published 2021-08-06) https://wccftech.com/starlink-user-terminal-apple-supplier-teardown/: "SpaceX had signed an agreement with STMicroelectronics to manufacture the user terminals, and the production agreement specifies 1 million terminals... both of which have been manufactured by STMicroelectronics."

### 부품·원자재 (수직통합·비공개) (mid)
- note: A vertically integrated maker of most engines, airframes and satellites; the prospectus emphasizes "limited reliance on third-party suppliers". External procurement is limited to raw materials (stainless steel, propellants) and some semiconductors, with suppliers and amounts undisclosed.
- [mentions] U.S. SEC (EDGAR) (EN, filing, published 2026-06-12) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026042639/spaceexplorationtechnologi.htm: "We have built one of the largest satellite manufacturing operations in the world. Our vertically integrated approach with limited reliance on third-party suppliers will be key to our mass-scaling efforts and should allow us to deploy the latest AI processors."

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