Dual launch operations span Florida and California
SpaceX lined up two launches on Tuesday, July 21, 2026. From Cape Canaveral, Florida, a Falcon 9 was scheduled to lift Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) alongside three Mission Extension Pods on a planned decade-long mission in geosynchronous orbit. Spaceflight Now's live coverage described the MRV as a robotic servicing spacecraft. From California, SpaceX was making a second attempt to launch roughly two-dozen Starlink V2 Mini broadband satellites into low Earth orbit after a prior-day abort, also reported through Spaceflight Now's live coverage.
Tesla investors press for clarity on SpaceX merger talk
Tesla shareholders submitted questions ahead of upcoming earnings via online investor forums addressing speculation that Elon Musk could combine Tesla with SpaceX, which raised $86 billion in an initial public offering the previous month. Business Insider reported on July 21 that the investor submissions focused on whether any combination was under consideration and what the implications would be for Tesla shareholders.
Starship Flight 13 slips to Thursday
SpaceX moved its next Starship launch attempt to Thursday, July 23, after a countdown was aborted. The Next Web reported on July 20 that the company had scrubbed and rescheduled the flight twice, with the upcoming attempt targeting SpaceX's Starbase site at Boca Chica, Texas.
Musk denies US$52 billion SpaceX-Foxconn AI server order
Elon Musk publicly rejected reports that SpaceX placed a roughly US$52 billion order with Foxconn for Nvidia GB300 AI servers, calling the claim "fake news" in a post on X on July 20, according to Digitimes. Earlier reporting from Next Big Future and a separate Crypto Briefing item described a Taiwan-sourced story claiming Foxconn would supply 13,000 racks housing approximately one million GPUs for an estimated US$52 billion deal, an arrangement Musk disputed.
Post-IPO stock performance draws fresh scrutiny
Prior-day reporting described SpaceX shares as having fallen sharply since the company's June 12 IPO. Gary Black was quoted on July 20 calling SpaceX's roughly $1.7 trillion market capitalization one that "shouldn't mathematically" command a forward enterprise-value-to-revenue multiple near 40, framing it as a valuation with no historical precedent. Business Insider reported on July 20 that short-sellers had gained approximately $5 billion amid the post-IPO selloff.
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