MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Company · Technology & digital · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. appears in 9 declared MEP meetings (5 different MEPs), most often with Patriots for Europe.

9
declared meetings
with current MEPs
5
MEPs met
€100k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.4
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“SpaceX was founded in 2002 to make life multiplanetary. Building on the achievements of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, SpaceX is working on a next generation of fully reusable launch vehicles that will be the most powerful ever built, capable of carrying humans to Mars and other destinations in the solar system.”

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“SpaceX is also providing global high-speed, low-latency internet connectivity through its Starlink satellite constellation, which is designed, built, deployed, and operated end-to-end by SpaceX.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 9 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Patriots for Europe556%
Socialists & Democrats222%
European Conservatives & Reformists111%
Renew Europe111%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2026). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2024
1
2025
3
2026
5

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

András Gyürk
5 meetings · PfE
Dan Nica
1 meeting · S&D
Christophe Grudler
1 meeting · Renew
Giorgio Gori
1 meeting · S&D
Francesco Torselli
1 meeting · ECR

The 9 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
9 Sep 2026Francesco TorselliMSS
9 Sep 2026András GyürkEU Space Act
8 Sep 2026Dan NicaMSS
19 Jun 2026András GyürkEU Space Act
20 Feb 2026András GyürkEU Space Act
13 Nov 2025András GyürkParliamentary Hearing on the European Space Act
24 Sep 2025Giorgio GoriSpace Act
23 Sep 2025András GyürkSpace policy
6 Mar 2024Christophe GrudlerLoi spatiale européenne

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