# Falcon rockets

Type: Technology

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## Timeline

- **2026-06-12**: Shares Open at $150, Surge to Close at $172.17 — On its Nasdaq debut, SpaceX opens above the offer price and rallies 27.5% to close at $172.17, pushing market cap above $2 trillion.
- **2026-06-12**: Falcon 9 Launch from Cape Canaveral — In the same morning, a Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit, demonstrating the company's operational cadence on IPO day.
- **2026-06-12**: Opening Bell Ceremony at Nasdaq — Gwynne Shotwell rings the Nasdaq opening bell in New York; Elon Musk participates remotely from SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas.
- **2026-06-11**: SpaceX Prices IPO at $135 per Share — Late Thursday, SpaceX fixes its IPO offer price at $135, bypassing traditional roadshow book-building, set to raise ~$75 billion on 555.6 million shares.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### SpaceX IPO Valued at $2T+ After 27.5% Pop – What It Means for Defense & Aerospace
2026-06-12 18:48:30 · Sentiment: Very Bullish · Impact: 9/10 · Sources: 3

SpaceX’s Nasdaq debut ended with a $2T+ market cap as shares surged 27.5% to $172.17, raising $75B. The listing cements the company as the commercial space sector’s funding juggernaut and a critical defense asset, with implications for NASA contracts, national security launch dependence, and the competitive landscape for military space systems.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/spacex-2-trillion-ipo-space-defense-impact

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