{"title":"SpaceX vs United Launch Alliance: Heavy & medium compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/spacex-vs-united-launch-alliance","comparison":"SpaceX ranks 1 on the Space 100 with a score of 100; United Launch Alliance ranks 38 with 77. SpaceX is ahead on deployment, production, commercials, progress, technology, positioning, firepower and leverage. SpaceX is based in Starbase, United States, United Launch Alliance in Centennial, United States. SpaceX: Public, founded 2002. United Launch Alliance: Established. SpaceX is named in 2938 signals and United Launch Alliance in 137.","companies":[{"name":"SpaceX","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/spacex","city":"Starbase","country":"United States","stage":"Public","founded":2002,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Through SpaceX AI (formerly xAI), the only lab that owns gigawatt-class compute outright with on-site power (Colossus, Memphis) and now rents most of it to Anthropic and Google; also the sponsor of Terafab, a planned owned fab.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":1,"score":100,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":10,"position":10,"progress":10,"firepower":10,"commercial":10,"deployment":10,"production":10,"technology":10},"why":"SpaceX sells and operates orbital launch services using Falcon 9 and Starship, including commercial rideshare, NASA, ESA, and national-security missions.","segment":"Heavy & medium","layer":"Launch"},"signals_total":2938,"facts_total":1396},{"name":"United Launch Alliance","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/united-launch-alliance","city":"Centennial","country":"United States","stage":"Established","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"United Launch Alliance (a Boeing-Lockheed JV) is targeting 18-22 launches in 2026 (versus 6 in 2025, a chronic cadence shortfall) as it ramps its NSSL-certified Vulcan alongside remaining Atlas 5 flights, with ~6 Vulcans in storage and doubled Cape processing capacity. It is structurally sold out for years on a 26-mission NSSL slate, 38 Vulcan launches for Amazon Leo (the largest commercial launch agreement), and Starliner and ViaSat-3 missions, but squeezed between SpaceX economics and Blue Origin ambitions. The current revenue figure is dated (~$1.3-1.5B class, no filing).","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":38,"score":77,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":8,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":8,"commercial":8,"deployment":9,"production":6,"technology":6},"why":"United Launch Alliance provides orbital launch services on Atlas V and Vulcan rockets for U.S. national-security, NASA, commercial and satellite-constellation customers.","segment":"Heavy & medium","layer":"Launch"},"signals_total":137,"facts_total":99}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}