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SpaceX's first Starship mission since the company went public ended in an abort on the pad after four Super Heavy engines failed to ignite. Elon Musk says the next attempt is "hopefully in a few days."
The FAA has cleared SpaceX to resume Starship test flights after concluding its investigation into the May 22 Super Heavy booster failure, with the next launch possible as soon as Thursday, July 16 — the company's first Starship flight since going public.
The Long March-10B's first-stage booster was recovered by a cable-and-net system off Hainan on July 10, making China the third entity after SpaceX and Blue Origin to achieve orbital-class booster reuse.
Jeff Bezos' rocket company secures its first external capital after years of self-funding, with Coatue leading a $4 billion stake and Bezos personally committing $2 billion more.
SpaceX enters the Nasdaq-100 before Tuesday's open, the fastest major index inclusion on record, triggering an estimated $4.3 billion in automatic buying from tracking funds.
A ULA Atlas V launch pushed Amazon's satellite broadband constellation past 390 operational satellites, enough for continuous initial coverage — with faster-cadence Vulcan and New Glenn launches next to close the gap with Starlink.
SpaceX has filed for a million-satellite orbital data center constellation. SoftBank's CEO argues electricity is the wrong cost to optimize — hardware and chips dominate data center economics, and no satellite changes that.
For the first time, a commercial robotic spacecraft will attempt to capture and reboost a government satellite, keeping a 22-year-old astronomy mission alive.
SpaceX went public on June 12, 2026, on Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX, selling 555.6 million shares at $135 each to raise $75 billion — the largest IPO in history, surpassing Saudi Aramco's 2019 record and valuing Elon Musk's rocket and satellite company at $1.77 trillion.
SpaceX kicked off its investor roadshow today with a fixed offer price of $135 per share, targeting a $75 billion raise at a $1.77 trillion valuation. If the greenshoe option is exercised, total proceeds reach $85.7 billion — more than triple Saudi Aramco's 2019 record. Public trading begins June 12 on Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX.
A pre-launch engine test turned catastrophic on May 28 when Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball, obliterating the vehicle and severely damaging Launch Complex 36A — with knock-on effects for NASA's lunar program.
A static fire test at Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 36 ended in catastrophe on May 28 when New Glenn's first stage ignited unexpectedly and tore through the rocket and its ground infrastructure.