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SpaceX targets 100 launches

Edition of August 19, 2026 at 12:02 AM UTCFull article
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SpaceX is poised to log its 100th mission of the year, a cadence that underscores how far orbital launch has shifted from episodic government campaigns to industrialized private operations. Elon Musk also said the company can reach $1 trillion in annual revenue by 2030, a year earlier than prior expectations, while Nvidia disclosed a $21 billion SpaceX position that could affect its own earnings profile. The combination matters because launch frequency, satellite scale and strategic investors now reinforce one another: SpaceX is not just a contractor, but an infrastructure platform whose economics increasingly touch semiconductors, AI compute and telecommunications.

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