Tag: Launch industry
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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 Reaches 100th Mission of 2026 as Starlink Launch Highlights a New Era of High-Frequency Spaceflight
SpaceX has completed its 100th mission of 2026, reaching the milestone on Aug. 19 with another Starlink deployment from California. The mission, Starlink Group 17-50, sent 24 Starlink broadband satellites toward low Earth orbit aboard a flight-proven Falcon 9, underscoring how rapidly SpaceX has transformed orbital launch from an occasional event into a high-frequency operational…
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ULA needs commercial customers to close Vulcan rocket business case
Artist’s concept of ULA’s Vulcan rocket. Credit: ULA United Launch Alliance will need to lure commercial customers to ensure the economic viability of its new Vulcan rocket, which is set to debut in 2019 just as the rate of U.S. military satellite launches is due to take a dip. The Vulcan rocket must fly at…
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2014’s launch tally highest in two decades
The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket flew nine times in 2014, more than any other U.S. launcher. Six of the missions flew from Cape Canaveral, which was the starting point for 16 space launches in 2014, tied for the highest number of launches there since 2003. Credit: ULA There were more successful space launches…