Question 1

What is SpaceX (United States) known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, SpaceX (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,561 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

Question 2

How does SpaceX (United States) rank in research?

Accepted Answer

SpaceX (United States) ranks #18,747 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#19,859 all time), and #2,763 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at SpaceX (United States)?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Jaime Mateus, Elon R. Musk and J. P. Carrico lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SpaceX (United States).

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from SpaceX (United States)?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from SpaceX (United States) is "Overview of the Instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument" (B. Abareshi et al., 2022), with 463 citations. Next come "Lossless Convexification of Nonconvex Control Bound and Pointing Constraints of the Soft Landing Optimal Control Problem" (314) and "Convex Optimization for Trajectory Generation: A Tutorial on Generating Dynamically Feasible Trajectories Reliably and Efficiently" (259).

Question 5

Which research topics does SpaceX (United States) publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Planetary Science and Exploration, Space Satellite Systems and Control, Space Exploration and Technology and Spaceflight effects on biology.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at SpaceX (United States)?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Mars, Martian Surface, Design, Biomechanics, Orbit Determination, Simulation and On-Orbit Servicing.

Question 7

Which fields of science does SpaceX (United States) work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 86% of research at SpaceX (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (48%), Physics and Astronomy (18%), Medicine (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is SpaceX (United States)'s research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 98% higher than in 2018-2021.