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"...Investors welcomed reports that SpaceX was mulling a potential IPO that would help fund Elon Musk's Mars ambitions and value the rocket and satellite company at more than $1 trillion, as some have been waiting for years to buy into the company. SpaceX is looking to raise more than $25 billion in an initial public offering that could come as early as June..."
Reference: www.reuters.com ."...SpaceX is set to receive $2 billion to develop satellites that can track missiles and aircraft under President Trump’s Golden Dome project, people familiar with the matter said.
The funding was included in the tax-and-spending bill that Trump signed in July, but wasn’t publicly linked to a contractor. The planned “air moving target indicator” system could eventually field as many as 600 satellites, some of the people said.
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"...The uncrewed 403-foot-tall (123 meters) rocket, the largest ever built, blasted off from SpaceX's Starbase at Boca Chica, Texas, at 7:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday (Aug. 26). ..."
Reference: www.livescience.com ."The CRS-33 resupply flight for NASA lifted off Sunday (Aug. 24) at 2:45 a.m. ET. ...The launch kicked off SpaceX's 33rd mission for NASA's Commercial Resupply Services program..."In addition to food, supplies, and equipment for the crew, Dragon will deliver several experiments"
Reference: www.space.com ."The most powerful rocket system ever constructed is headed for its next test...SpaceX said it is aiming to launch its Starship megarocket on an hour-long test flight ..."
Reference: www.cnn.com ."...Musk's rocket and satellite company is partnering with software maker Palantir (PLTR.O), opens new tab and drone builder Anduril on a bid to build key parts of Golden Dome, the sources said, which has drawn significant interest from the technology sector's burgeoning base of defense startups. ..."
Reference: www.reuters.com ."Musk's rocket and satellite company is partnering with software maker Palantir and drone builder Anduril on a bid to build key parts of Golden Dome...The three companies met with top officials in the Trump administration and the Pentagon in recent weeks to pitch their plan, which would build and launch 400 to more than 1,000 satellites circling the globe to sense missiles and track their movement, sources said.
A separate fleet of 200 attack satellites armed with missiles or lasers would then bring enemy missiles down..."
"...The @SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four #Crew9 members undocked from the station at 1:05am ET today and is headed for a splashdown off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of America at 5:57pm. More... https://go.nasa.gov/4hhucRV..."
Reference: X .Security Alert – U. S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine (January 8, 2026) Security Alert – U. S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine (January 8, 2026) Location:...
