SpaceX, IPO
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Can you buy SpaceX stock? Several recent reports have suggested that billionaire Elon Musk's rocket company is planning to go public sometime in 2026.
SpaceX is planning to raise tens of billions of dollars through an initial public offering next year, multiple outlets have reported, and Ars can confirm. This represents a major change in thinking from the world’s leading space company and its founder, Elon Musk.
Theoretically, Chinese rockets based on the Soyuz design might carry astronauts (or cosmonauts, or Chinese taikonauts) to ISS. But current U.S. law forbids Chinese participation in the ISS project, so that's probably a no-go.
Rumblings of a $1.5 trillion valuation for SpaceX may be forcing investors to view currently public space companies as undervalued.
SpaceX is planning yet another California rocket launch, and you have a variety of options to watch it – if you're willing to stay up late.
A satellite that rode to space Dec. 9 on a Chinese rocket nearly slammed into one of SpaceX's Starlink internet spacecraft, according to the company.
The 'Residential 100Mbps' plan seems to have been dropped from Starlink's US site, although it's still available for users in Australia and Canada.