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SpaceX IPO Debut, Starlink at 10,600 Sats & ISS Shelter Crisis
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NASA forced astronauts into a docked Dragon as emergency leverage against Russia over a cracking ISS module — and it worked. Plus: SpaceX's IPO first-day numbers, Starlink hitting 10,600 active satellites, and Starship Flight 13 on the July horizon.
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On June fifth, NASA directed astronauts aboard the International Space Station to shelter inside a docked Dragon spacecraft. That's not a drill.
The PrK situation is worth holding onto as a signal about where the ISS program actually stands. This isn't an isolated incident.
Separate from the station, SpaceX completed its IPO this week. Shares closed at one hundred sixty dollars and ninety-five cents on the first trading day, roughly nineteen percent above the estimated price of one hundred thirty-five dollars.
On the constellation side, Starlink has now launched its ten thousand six hundredth active satellite. The recent Starlink seventeen dash fifty-four mission was the fifteen hundredth satellite launched this year alone.
Gwynne Shotwell confirmed this week that SpaceX is currently producing one Starship per month, with a target of two per week. Test Flight thirteen is aimed for July.
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