05 Jun 2026
Rocket Report: Blue Origin explosion still making headlines; Impulse raises money
Taking stock NASA expects to begin stacking the SLS rocket this summer for next year’s Artemis III launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket climbs into the sky over Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Thursday morning with a batch of Starlink Internet satellites. Credit: SpaceX Welcome to Edition 8.44 of the Rocket Report! The news this week is decidedly weighted in favor of heavy-lift…
05 Jun 2026
SpaceX targets Monday morning for Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral
SpaceX plans to kick off the work week with a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, delivering more Starlink internet satellites to orbit.
05 Jun 2026
Ten Times More: Elon Musk Aims For 100,000 Starlink Satellites
SpaceX’s CEO Elon Musk is eying a drastic increase to Starlink by scaling it up to 100,000 satellites, up from the around 10,000 already in orbit. “We are going to put in orbit, probably a 100,000 satellites, probably over a 100,000 satellites just for communications,” he said.
05 Jun 2026
Starlink V3 Satellites: 10x Bandwidth Leap Explained
Elon Musk has clarified that the total bandwidth gain from Starlink V3 is actually 100x over V2 — not just 10x. The multiplier comes from two compounding factors: each V3 satellite carries 10x the bandwidth of a V2 unit, and SpaceX plans to launch more than 10x as many of them, putting the aggregate network capacity leap at over 100x.
04 Jun 2026
Here’s How To Invest In SpaceX IPO—And The Big Risks
Topline A much-anticipated stock debut for SpaceX is expected to offer retail investors unusually broad access, but some analysts have warned that early exposure to Elon Musk’s aerospace firm will likely be risky. Elon Musk’s firm said it would offer shares at $135 each. AFP via Getty Images
04 Jun 2026
SpaceX IPO video sells Elon Musk's space, AI and asteroid dreams to mom-and-pop investors
SpaceX set out its IPO pitch to retail investors early on Thursday with a video in which Chief Financial Officer Bret Johnsen joins the dots between the company’s rocket, satellite and AI businesses.
04 Jun 2026
Breaking convention, SpaceX sets IPO price before roadshow
Good morning. I had the privilege of moderating a space dinner last night in metropolitan Los Angeles. Alas, not a dinner in space—someday!—but a meal and discussion featuring an all-star group of aerospace and defense executives. Turns out it’s a big and fast-growing business in La La Land, fueled by commercial ambition, national security, and (naturally) copious venture capital. For your…
04 Jun 2026
2 Stocks to Buy Before the AI Arms Race Moves to Orbit
As artificial intelligence (AI) computing demand keeps outpacing available data center supply, there is a growing bottleneck on land and permitting for new builds, as well as for electricity and water needed for cooling. This is why there is increasing interest in putting data centers in space, which doesn't face these problems. It might take several years to solve the engineering problems for…
03 Jun 2026
Morningstar says SpaceX is overvalued by half and smart investors should wait out the hype
In just over a week, SpaceX is set to debut as one of the biggest IPOs in history with an eye-popping valuation of $1.75 trillion. One top analyst says it may actually be worth half of that, and investors may get a better deal by biding their time.
