June 20, 2026
IPO SpaceX Explained: Musk Wins, Minority Investors Lose
The IPO SpaceX investors had been waiting on for over a decade finally happened, and it broke records on the way out the door. On June 12, 2026, Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX, closing its first session up nearly 20% and instantly becoming one of the most valuable companies on the planet. For a generation of retail investors who grew up watching Falcon 9 landings and dreaming of owning a piece of the company behind them, it felt like a moment they’d been promised was coming for years. But the
