Tag: Elon Musk
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Ukraine Presses for Starlink Access to Enable Drone Strikes Inside Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded Elon Musk the Order of Freedom, one of Ukraine’s highest state honors, recognizing the SpaceX founder’s role in supporting the country through the deployment of Starlink satellite communications services following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. The award comes at a moment when Starlink has evolved far beyond its original…
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SpaceX IPO Shares Face Fresh Selling Pressure as Another Lockup Expiration Hits the Market
SpaceX shares came under renewed pressure on Aug. 20 as another major tranche of previously restricted stock became eligible for trading, adding billions of dollars’ worth of potential supply to a market already grappling with post-IPO volatility. The latest lockup expiration released approximately 319 million additional shares for potential sale by eligible insiders and early…
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SpaceX Pushes First Starship Tower Catch Attempt to Later This Year as Reusability Campaign Advances
SpaceX is now targeting its first attempt to catch a returning Starship upper stage with the launch tower “chopstick” arms within the next few months, a shift from earlier expectations that the milestone could occur on the vehicle’s next flight. The updated timeline came from CEO Elon Musk, who said the company’s first Starship tower-catch…
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Elon Musk’s Mars illusion
Elon Musk takes a bow at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in May 2020 after the launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission, which carried two astronauts to the International Space Station, about 250 miles up, and a world away from Mars. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Ever since its founding, SpaceX has fixed upon a…
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SpaceX Raises Record $75 Billion in Historic IPO, Reaches $1.77 Trillion Valuation
SpaceX has completed the largest initial public offering (IPO) in U.S. history, raising $75 billion and achieving a market valuation of approximately $1.77 trillion as the company prepares to begin trading on the Nasdaq. The offering was priced at $135 per share, with investors purchasing 555.56 million shares. The transaction surpasses the previous global IPO…
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SpaceX Unveils AI1 Orbital Computing Satellite Ahead of Planned IPO
SpaceX has revealed plans for a new satellite designed to function as a data center in orbit, marking a significant expansion beyond the company’s traditional focus on communications and launch services. The spacecraft, called AI1, is intended to serve as the first generation of a future constellation of computing satellites capable of processing artificial intelligence…
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SpaceX Targets $75 Billion Raise in Planned Nasdaq IPO at $135 Per Share
SpaceX has set a fixed price of $135 per share for its planned initial public offering, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company plans to sell 555.6 million shares, which would raise approximately $75 billion. Underwriters have the option to purchase an additional 83.33 million shares, potentially increasing the…
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SpaceX Launches Starship V3 in Major Test Flight Ahead of Planned IPO
SpaceX has launched its new Starship V3 rocket in a high-profile test flight from Texas after an earlier launch attempt was postponed because of a launch-tower malfunction. The uncrewed rocket lifted off shortly after 17:30 local time on Friday, marking the first flight of the latest Starship configuration, which stands approximately 124 meters tall. According…
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SpaceX is churning out 70 Starlink satellites a week in Redmond, and other tidbits from its IPO filing
SpaceX is producing an average of 70 Starlink satellites per week in Redmond, its IPO filing shows. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Redmond, Wash., has been known for decades as the home of Microsoft, to the extent that the city’s name has become synonymous with the software giant. Maybe it’s time to rethink that, because…
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Musk Says SpaceX Prioritizing Lunar City Over Mars Settlement Plans
Elon Musk said SpaceX is prioritizing plans to establish a self-sustaining city on the Moon over its long-standing ambition to send humans to Mars, marking a potential shift in the company’s space exploration strategy. In a post on the social media platform X, Musk said a lunar city could be built within the next decade.…