Look into SpaceEx, Tesla was a company on its arse, until out of nowhere they get a couple of billion contract ... me thinks they are being propt up as an "independent" "private" company ... seeing as NASA's credibility is a bit shifty these days ... I don't trust Elon ... creating Paypal dont make you a scientist!
Yes, look into the number of worldwide satellite operators who are literally queueing up to get SpaceX to launch stuff for them in 2018, or in past launches;
Orbcomm, Iridium, Thaisat, GFZ, SES, Telesat, NASA/ESA/Roscosmos, Telkom Indonesia, US Air Force, Arabsat, etc etc