SpaceX turns 24
SpaceX hit 24 years on Mar 14 — the company shared a montage and Elon Musk replied with a pie emoji '🥧', while social chatter rekindled IPO talk as a way to 'share' the multiplanetary vision [] []. It’s more PR than product news, but the birthday revived investor questions about timing and the company’s long‑term capital plans.
Reports in December and follow‑ups say SpaceX is preparing for a mid‑to‑late 2026 IPO targeting roughly $1.5 trillion techcrunch.com and aiming to raise about $30 billion. bloomberg.com An insider share sale last year set an internal valuation at roughly $800 billion, according to Bloomberg, bloomberg.com and CNBC reported Elon Musk described coverage of a 2026 IPO as “accurate.” cnbc.com Bloomberg says SpaceX has been lining up banks for the offering, with Citigroup recently added to a lead group that already includes Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley. bloomberg.com Reports from Bloomberg and TechCrunch say the funds would be directed toward Starship development and other capital projects, while Starlink’s revenue trajectory is explicitly central to how underwriters and investors are valuing the company. bloomberg.com Operationally, SpaceX’s Starlink reported adding more than 4.6 million active customers in 2025, per SpaceX’s own progress report, and public tracking and outlets show the service crossing roughly 9–10 million users by early 2026. starlink.com SpaceX also launched 29 Starlink satellites on its Starlink 10‑48 mission on March 14, 2026. mynews13.com Market coverage notes SpaceX is gravitating toward a Nasdaq listing as it readies paperwork and banks, even as operational timelines shift — Elon Musk has recently pushed the next Starship V3 maiden flight into April 2026. usatoday.com
