SpaceX is planning to raise tens of billions of dollars through an initial public offering next year, multiple outlets have reported, and Ars can confirm. This represents a major change in thinking from the world’s leading space company and its founder, Elon Musk.

The Atlas V will be in a 551 configuration launching 27 satellites in Amazon’s seventh overall operational launch (and fourth with ULA). This would increase the constellation to 180 of the planned 3,236 total needed to be in orbit by July 2029.

The 'Residential 100Mbps' plan seems to have been dropped from Starlink's US site, although it's still available for users in Australia and Canada.

Investors eyeing SpaceX's potential blockbuster IPO may need to brace themselves as CEO Elon Musk balances his risky quest to reach Mars with growing the revenue-rich Starlink satellite broadband business that would offer more reliable shareholder returns.

For the 300th time this year, a rocket has lifted off for Earth orbit. SpaceX on Thursday (Dec. 11) launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

The Atlas V will be in a 551 configuration, launching 27 satellites in Amazon's seventh overall operational launch (and fourth with ULA). This would increase the constellation to 180 of the planned 3,236 total needed to be in orbit by July 2029.

Phil Haslett, co-founder and chief strategy officer at EquityZen, one of the largest platforms for pre-IPO shares - weighs in on Bloomberg's exclusive report that SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an IPO that would seek to raise significantly more than $30 billion,