SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES

Lobbying for SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 amendment

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2026

Expenses

$810,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 1

CYRUS ARTZ New on this filing

Previously held: Senior Policy Adv., Speaker Mike Johnson; Staff Dir and Parliamentarian, House Ed/Wf Comm; CoS, LD, and Policy Adv., Rep. Virginia Foxx; PSM and Research Assistant, RSC

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 23

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 9

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Matters related to onshoring advanced manufacturing and polysilicon 232

Aerospace

Commercial, civil and defense transportation; FY27 Department of Defense Authorization; 2026 NASA Authorization; FAA space launch and reentry regulatory matters; Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act; marine vessel licensing; issues related to the National Airspace System; issues related to environmental policies; U.S. Coast Guard Authorization Act

Budget/Appropriations

Commercial, civil and defense space transportation; FY27 Department of Defense Authorization; 2026 NASA Authorization; federal infrastructure initiatives; FY27 CJS Appropriations; FY27 FAA Appropriations; FY27 Department of Defense Appropriations; FY27 Department of Transportation Appropriation

Defense

Involvement in promoting competition in the National Security Space Launch Program, FY27 National Defense Authorization; FY27 Department of Defense Appropriations; commercial satellite communications; satellite programs.

Telecommunications

Satellite broadband policy and matters related to satellite spectrum; broadband infrastructure and subsidies; SAT Streamlining Act; Matters relating to space activity mission authorization; FirstNet Reauthorization;

Clean Air and Water (quality)

Matters related to permitting reform

Environment/Superfund

Matters relating to permitting reform

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Workforce compensation

Computer Industry

Artificial Intelligence and social media frameworks and regulatory matters.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.