SpaceX
SpaceX is a private spaceflight company that launches NASA astronauts under the agency's Commercial Crew Program and will use Tesla Cybertrucks as emergency escape vehicles starting with Crew-13.
Leadership
Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer. Elon Musk is the figure behind Starlink, the satellite internet service that is still waiting to launch commercially in India.
Key facts
- Egress change
- Will use Tesla Cybertrucks instead of MRAPs for crew emergency escape at the launch pad, beginning with Crew-13source
- Cybertruck purchase
- Bought more than $100 million worth of Cybertrucks from Tesla, a company also owned by Elon Musksource
- Crew-13 launch
- Launch targeted for September 12 at 6:30 pm ET, carrying four crew members to the International Space Stationsource
- FCC approval
- FCC approved 15,000 next-generation Starlink Mobile satellites on October 6, 2026source
- Spectrum deal
- Agreed to acquire up to 14 MHz of paired nationwide 800 MHz spectrum from Grain Managementsource
- Valuation
- Went public in June in a record IPO and is valued at over $2 trillion, per CNBC reportingsource
- Share price
- Shares closed at $146.03 on Fridaysource
- Share price since peak
- Shares are down 35.3% since peaking days after the initial public offeringsource
- Earnings
- Will report quarterly earnings on Tuesdaysource
- Founded
- 2002, by Elon Musksource
- Headquarters
- Hawthorne, Californiasource
- Stock market debut
- Went public in June 2026 at a $135 IPO price, valued at about $1.77 trillion, and opened at $150 per sharesource
- Closing share price
- $146.03 on Friday, October 16, 2026source
- AI model
- Owns Grok, a frontier AI modelsource
- Public listing
- Began trading on the Nasdaq on Friday, June 12, 2026source
WYDE coverage of SpaceX
WYDE Newsroom has published 14 articles about SpaceX, from Jun 20, 2026 to Oct 26, 2026. SpaceX is the subject of 14 stories. The most recent is Elon Musk's SpaceX Share for Every Child: $10.5 Billion and What Is Still Unsettled.
Elon Musk's SpaceX Share for Every Child: $10.5 Billion and What Is Still Unsettled
Elon Musk plans one SpaceX share for every child in America next year. At the October 16 closing price of $146.03, each share is worth about $146, but key details remain unanswered.
Oct 26, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story
AIAnthropic $48 Billion Pledge Is 4.6 to 4.8 Times Musk's SpaceX Giveaway
Anthropic's 5 per cent share pledge is worth $48 billion at its last valuation. Musk's SpaceX share giveaway is about $10 billion, and both totals rest on valuations.
Oct 26, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyFeed People, Get Ahead: 7 Days Left to Apply for $1 Million Creator Fund
WYDE Weekly: one week is left to apply to EAT's $1 million clipping fund, open through October 31. Plus Musk's $10B pledge, $720 million for global hunger with no plan yet, a $4 million SNAP fraud case, $250 million for Hebrew University and the week in giving, AI and health.
Oct 24, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
AIElon Musk Pledges One SpaceX Share to Every Kid in America, Estimated at $10.66 Billion in Total
Musk said on X that he will give one SpaceX share to every kid in America next year. The Associated Press estimates the pledge at about $10.66 billion.
Oct 19, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story
InnovationTesla Roadster flying car claim comes with a 2028 production target
Musk said the Roadster will be able to fly and go into production in 2028. CBS News reported that prices were not announced, and the $5,000 deposit is for a non-flying model.
Oct 16, 2026 · 5 min read · Subject of the story
InnovationMusk Calls Ambani 'Real Boss of India' as Starlink Waits on a Proposed 5% Spectrum Charge
Starlink has held an Indian telecom licence since June 2025. Its launch still waits on spectrum pricing and a security clearance, while regulator data shows rural internet at 48 subscriptions per 100 people.
Oct 9, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story
InnovationFCC Approves SpaceX's 15,000-Satellite Starlink Mobile Network for Phones
The Federal Communications Commission approved SpaceX's plan for 15,000 satellites that can serve phones directly, and SpaceX agreed to buy nationwide low-band spectrum.
Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
PhilanthropyIs Elon Musk the Greatest Philanthropist Alive?
Elon Musk gives away a smaller share of his fortune than almost any billionaire alive. He may also be doing more good than any of them. That is only a contradiction if giving money away is still what we mean by doing good.
Oct 3, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE Weekly$1 Million Clipping Fund for Creators Who End Hunger
WYDE Weekly: a new $1 million clipping fund pays creators to end hunger, plus Ken Griffin's record $3 billion gift, three record health-system donations, and the regulators chasing crypto.
Oct 3, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
InnovationSpaceX Puts Crew-13 Astronaut Escape in Cybertrucks After a $100 Million Tesla Order
Starting with the Crew-13 mission, SpaceX will use Tesla Cybertrucks rather than armored military MRAPs to carry astronauts off the launch pad in an emergency, a change NASA confirmed on August 3, 2026.
Oct 3, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
InnovationSpaceX Joins the Nasdaq 100 With $4.3 Billion in Forced Index Buying
SpaceX enters the Nasdaq-100 before Tuesday's open just 15 trading days after the largest IPO on record, and index funds tracking the benchmark have to buy roughly $4.3 billion of the stock.
Sep 11, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
WYDEWYDE's Aaron Rafferty Tells Benzinga How to Vet Tokenized Stocks
A Benzinga feature published Monday walks through the exchanges selling tokenized stocks and the backed-versus-mirror distinction Rafferty says decides whether you own anything at all, weeks after $1 billion in tokenized SpaceX orders collapsed.
Sep 11, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiGlobal Tech Selloff Pulls SpaceX Below Its IPO Price as Crypto Slides
A worldwide selloff in AI and chip stocks dragged SpaceX below its June IPO price and pushed its valuation under $2 trillion on June 23, while bitcoin, ether, and EAT fell alongside equities.
Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Food PolicySpaceX IPO Mints the First Trillionaire the Same Year Millions Lost Food Aid
SpaceX raised about $75 billion in the largest IPO ever and likely made Elon Musk a trillionaire, in a year when 4.3 million Americans came off SNAP.
Jun 20, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Reported alongside SpaceX
- Elon Musk · in 9 stories with SpaceX
- Anthropic · in 4 stories with SpaceX
- Tesla · in 4 stories with SpaceX
- Coinbase · in 2 stories with SpaceX
- AGC International · in 1 story with SpaceX
- Agentic AI Foundation · in 1 story with SpaceX
- Baba · in 1 story with SpaceX
- Bank of America · in 1 story with SpaceX
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