SpaceX’s private market surge shows strong investor demand ahead of its potential record IPO, but the upcoming S-1 filing will decide whether Starlink, Starship, xAI, and X can justify the expected valuation.

A chip-manufacturing complex, AI satellites, and space facilities add to a pricey project list at Elon Musk’s company.

SpaceX’s looming IPO is set to mint more new billionaires than any liquidity event in history. Investors and employees are rushing to prepare for the windfall.

An explosion has been captured at SpaceX ’s Starbase facility in Texas, where Elon Musk’s company is preparing to launch its Starship craft in a critical test of the world’s largest rocket. SpaceX was reportedly performing a deluge test, which involves shooting water at the base of the rocket to counter the massive flames during launch.

The Procure Space ETF also may be interested in picking up shares of SpaceX if the company becomes part of its index of reference: the S-Network Space Index. This index, and the fund, include names such as Rocket Lab, Planet Labs, and ViaSat -- again, it's easy to see SpaceX fitting in with these holdings.

It is far too soon to mention retirement, but astute observers of the space industry have noticed SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket is not launching as often as it used to. The decline is modest so far,

SpaceX employees and alumni have an ‘insane network’ and will soon be able to tap a lot of cash, expanding the mini-SpaceXs orbiting the upcoming IPO

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The deal gives Musk’s IPO-bound SpaceX a marquee customer as it looks to sell investors on its AI ambitions while helping Anthropic ease capacity constraints following surging demand.

Rivian ( RIVN 0.82%). Rivian, of course, is a direct competitor to Tesla ( TSLA +2.40%), another Musk-led business. How exactly will the company benefit from a SpaceX IPO? There's one growth catalyst in particular for Rivian that the SpaceX IPO should accelerate over the next six to 12 months.