SpaceX's stock wasn't the company's only launch today — It also put 29 Starlink satellites in orbit

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SpaceX's stock wasn't the company's only launch today — It also put 29 Starlink satellites in orbit

SpaceX made history today (June 12) with the largest IPO in history, but for its launch team in Florida, it was business as usual. Just over an hour (8:17 a.m. …

SpaceX made history today (June 12) with the largest IPO in history, but for its launch team in Florida, it was business as usual. Just over an hour (8:17 a.m. EDT or 1217 GMT on Friday) before the company's stock went public on the Nasdaq exchange —quickly making founder Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire — a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. …

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