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SpaceX Wants to Be America's Fourth Big Wireless Carrier

SpaceX is in talks with cellular infrastructure companies to secure access to at least 80,000 sites across the United States, Bloomberg News reported on October 22, per Reuters. The deals would set the company on a path to becoming a fourth nationwide wireless carrier. Full story in slides above — sources: Reuters (Bloomberg News report), October 22, 2026.

SpaceX Posts $4.4B Profit as Musk Floats a SpaceX-Tesla Merger

SpaceX reported $14.6B in Q3 revenue and a $4.4B net profit — a turnaround from a $1B loss a year ago — with its Super Intelligence AI unit now generating 52% of income. Meanwhile Elon Musk said merging SpaceX and Tesla, at a combined $3.5T value, would be “a good idea.” Sources: TechCrunch, Reuters, October 20-21, 2026.

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Elon Musk Pledges a SpaceX Share to Every Kid in America in $10.5B Plan

Elon Musk wants to put a SpaceX share in every kid’s pocket. In an early-morning post on X on Monday, the SpaceX founder wrote: “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.” He added three words that have followed many of his announcements before: “This will be the first of many.” The math is staggering. SpaceX shares closed Friday at $146.03, and the U.S. Census Bureau counts roughly 73 million people under the age of 18. One share per kid works out to about $10.5 billion, which would make this one of the largest individual stock giveaways ever announced. ...

SpaceX's $8B Spectrum Buy Sets Up Starlink Mobile to Challenge AT&T and Verizon

SpaceX agreed to acquire Grain Management’s nationwide portfolio of 800 MHz low-band spectrum licenses in a deal reportedly valued at about $8 billion, per Reuters and the Wall Street Journal, marking its biggest move yet into the wireless market. The purchase, which requires FCC approval, would let Starlink Mobile bypass conventional cell towers where possible and compete with AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile. Sources: Reuters, Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2026. ...

SpaceX Starship Flight 14: First Try at Orbit, Live Monday

SpaceX is targeting Monday, Sept. 28, 2026 for Starship Flight 14 — the first planned orbital flight of the 408-foot rocket, launching from Starbase in South Texas with a 75-minute window opening at 8:15 a.m. ET. Full story in slides above — Sources: USA Today, Florida Today, TeslaNorth, IBTimes, September 27, 2026.