Elon Musk's SpaceX company goes public. What you need to know

The SpaceX space company, founded by Elon Musk, will begin trading shares on the stock exchange in the coming days. Despite its unprofitability, it intends to attract $80 billion in investments with the help of promises to colonize Mars and expects a profit comparable to the volume of the entire American economy. The sale of the company's shares will also make Musk the first dollar trillionaire in history. What you need to know about SpaceX's prospects is in the Izvestia article.

IPO Launch

• SpaceX has announced plans to launch an IPO, that is, to conduct an initial public offering on the stock exchange. The company filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and published a 277-page financial report, revealing for the first time its performance and the composition of the board of directors. In it, SpaceX outlined its ambitious plans to "create the systems and technologies necessary for life to exist on multiple planets, to understand the true nature of the universe and to spread the light of consciousness to the stars."

• The launch on the stock exchange is expected to take place on June 12. The company's shares will be traded on the Nasdaq stock Exchange under the ticker SPCX. SpaceX plans to attract $80 billion in investments in this way. Analysts already estimate that the company's market value will reach $1.75 trillion, meaning it will become one of the ten most expensive corporations in the world and overtake electric car manufacturer Tesla, another brainchild of Musk.

• SpaceX unites several business lines related to space exploration in one way or another. It develops spacecraft and rockets, delivers cargo and astronauts to the ISS on NASA's order, provides satellite Internet through Starlink terminals, and develops artificial intelligence. Musk founded the company in 2002 and has repeatedly said that he wants to use it to colonize Mars.

Financial indicators

• Although SpaceX has ambitious plans, investors' ardor may be dampened by uncertain financial performance. In its report, the company said that it does not receive stable profits. Although its revenue is growing and in 2025 it amounted to $18.7 billion, an increase of 33%, losses during this period amounted to $4.9 billion. She managed to earn $791 million in 2024, but lost $4.6 billion a year earlier. It is assumed that 2026 will also bring losses to the company — in the first quarter it has already lost $4.3 billion on revenue of $4.7 billion.

• SpaceX's huge expenses are mainly related to capital investments. In 2025, it spent $12.7 billion on artificial intelligence. The company's plans in this direction include the creation of data processing centers that will be launched into Earth orbit and powered by solar energy. SpaceX wants to increase the capacity of its satellite data centers by 100 gigawatts annually, but so far AI operations have caused the company the largest losses of $6.36 billion.

• SpaceX's capital expenditures for the rest of the sector are much more modest: $3.8 billion for space and $4.2 billion for telecommunications in 2025. Despite the global leadership in the field of space deliveries, only Starlink terminals bring the company profits, which reach $4.4 billion in 2025 and $1.1 billion in the first quarter of 2026.

• The success of Starlink gives SpaceX a unique status that allows it to be not just a private company, but an entity close to states that influence global processes. For example, Musk's terminals became an important factor during the conflict in Ukraine and demonstrated how the combat capability of entire armed forces can depend on commercial development. It is thanks to Starlink that it became possible to create a global communications network beyond the control of states, from which SpaceX intends to profit.

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• SpaceX has no doubt that the huge investments will soon pay off and begin to make a profit. The company is confident that the markets of the future are open to it, where it is possible to earn $28.5 trillion, which is almost equal to the gross domestic product of the United States. SpaceX plans to extract most of the profits, $ 26.5 trillion dollars, thanks to artificial intelligence.

Musk's ambitions and role

• From the published data, it became clear how important Musk plays in the company. He owns 12.3% of Class A shares and 93.6% of Class B shares, which give ten votes instead of one, meaning his total control is estimated at 85.1%. The IPO parameters stipulate that the founder of SpaceX will continue to control the company in any case.

• An IPO could make Musk the first official trillionaire in history. Now his fortune, based on controlling stakes in SpaceX and Tesla, is estimated at $808 billion, according to Forbes. The sale of even a small stake in the space conglomerate could bring Musk up to $600 billion. At the same time, Musk has the opportunity to receive 1 billion shares of the company if, under his leadership, it achieves the most ambitious goals: it will increase capitalization to $7.5 trillion (Nvidia, the world's most expensive company, is now estimated at $5.4 trillion) and create a colony on Mars with a permanent population of 1 million people.

Impact on markets

• Until recently, promises to spread civilization to other planets and surround the Earth with flying AI centers were so ridiculous that they would not have attracted a single cent from even the most risky investors. But in a matter of days, the largest investment funds will start spending billions of dollars hoping to bring Musk's fantasies to life, and this literally opens a new chapter in finance and economics.

• SpaceX's entry into the stock exchange will be a breakthrough because a company that attracts not with its profitability, but with huge ambitions and a proposal to change the future will enter the arena. Even Musk's odium, which scares away many institutional investors and is one of the risk factors, does not negate the fact that SpaceX has managed to become something more than just a company. Its influence is already being assessed on a geopolitical scale, and with the development of AI, it will grow even stronger. This is exactly what she wants to attract investors, positioning herself as the only player capable of global changes in the history of mankind.