SpaceX, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp., founded in 2002, is an American space technology company and a dominant launch provider. It designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft, including the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Dragon spacecraft, and Starship. SpaceX partners with organizations like NASA and the United States Armed Forces and is known for its advancements in reusable launch vehicles, human spaceflight, and satellite constellation technology like Starlink. Key words: launch provider, reusable rockets, space exploration, Starlink, Falcon, Dragon, Starship, NASA.
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SpaceX became the fifth-largest listed company in the world after its first-week surge.
Saudi Arabia’s PIF served as an anchor investor in the SpaceX IPO.
Most SpaceX shares are held by insiders and long-term investors, including Musk, Founders Fund, Gigafund, Ron Baron Capital, and Saudi Arabia’s PIF.
SpaceX conducted a full-duration single-engine static fire test of Starship on June 26, 2026.
SpaceX launched the first Starfall demonstration mission on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX’s private-market investor base included sovereign wealth funds, ultra-high-net-worth family offices, and corporates from all six GCC states.
SpaceX conducted 61 orbital launches in 2022, more than 130 launches in 2024, and 165 launches in 2025.
Crustdata found that about 1,330 SpaceX alumni have founded new ventures after leaving SpaceX.
SpaceX shares fell from a post-IPO high of $225 to $154 as of June 25.
Lock-up expiries between July and December will increase Nasdaq-traded SpaceX supply by at least 20 percent.
SpaceX had 640 million shares available for trading on Nasdaq out of a total share count of 13 billion.
SpaceX has 10 million Starlink subscribers.
The SpaceX share decline erased hundreds of billions of dollars from the company’s market capitalisation.
SpaceX has a market valuation of nearly $2.43 trillion.
SpaceX reached a market capitalization of $2.6 trillion in its first week of trading.
The SpaceX IPO was underwritten by 18 investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, and Citigroup as lead arrangers.
The SpaceX IPO was oversubscribed fourfold by investors worldwide.
SpaceX’s IPO prospectus pegged its total addressable market at $28.5 trillion.
SpaceX has trial use within Japan’s Self-Defense Forces.
SpaceX qualified as an active bidder in Auction 113.