Jan 28 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX is weighing a mid-June initial public offering, aiming to raise as much as $50 billion at a valuation of roughly $1.5 trillion, the Financial Times said on Wednesday,

SpaceX, the satellite company founded by Elon Musk, is asking state regulators for a number of concessions related to a $42.5 billion government program to provide Internet access to remote parts of the country.

8. Elon Musk Brand as a Valuation Driver: The anticipated IPO valuation reflects investor confidence in Elon Musk’s ability to repeatedly disrupt and scale capital-intensive industries. SpaceX’s demonstrated achievements, more notably reusable rockets and Starlink’s rapid scale-up, underpin this belief, even as execution risks remain significant.

Celestial calendar meets high finance, as billionaire’s personal impulses shape plans to raise $50bn in record listing

FLORIDA TODAY photographers captured a gallery of images of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaking skyward above Brevard County.

SpaceX is planning to go public in mid-June, with Elon Musk choosing the date to match up with an unusual sky event and his own birthday.

SpaceX has scheduled two rocket launches from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base within a week. The sixth and seventh rocket launches of 2026 in California are coming up within a week – both SpaceX missions to deploy commercial Starlink internet satellites.

A June 18 testing explosion laid bare concerns about minimal regulatory oversight of Elon Musk’s commercial space business in Starbase.

SpaceX plans a June 2026 IPO aiming to raise $50 billion at a $1.5 trillion valuation, potentially the largest ever.

The International Space Station received another small lift late last week, continuing a routine but essential process that keeps the orbiting laborat.