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January 3 news, Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Elon Musk) of the rocket manufacturer, satellite Internet company SpaceX is planning a new round of financing. The company plans to raise $750 million in this round of financing, valuing it at $137 billion, according to data.

In December, Bloomberg first reported that SpaceX allowed insiders to sell shares at $77 a share, which would value the company at close to $140 billion. SpaceX raised more than $2 billion in 2022, including $250 million in July. SpaceX was valued at $127 billion in equity financing in May.

In an email to potential investors in SpaceX, Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, also known as A16z, is likely to lead a new round of funding. Early investors in SpaceX included Founders Fund, Sequoia, Gigafund and many other companies.

A16z also participated in Musk's leveraged buyout of Twitter, a $44 billion deal that closed at the end of October 2022.

SpaceX and A16z didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

In 2022, SpaceX performed very well, with more than 1 million subscribers to its satellite Internet service, Starlink. SpaceX also successfully completed more than 60 launches with its reusable Falcon rocket, setting a new record.

SpaceX is currently developing starships and ultra-heavy carrier rockets at its Starbase plant in Bokachica, Texas, but it is not clear when it will test the spacecraft in orbit.

Last year, SpaceX reached several new milestones, but its starship program faces delays. It will also affect NASA's plan to return to the moon, which hopes to use a modified starship to send astronauts to the lunar surface.

Bill Bill Nelson, director of NASA, recently asked Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX, whether Mr Musk, as Twitter's new boss and chief executive, would affect SpaceX's partnership with the agency. Nelson said Schottwell assured him he wouldn't.

NASA is currently considering using the SpaceX spacecraft to help rescue astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Last December, the Russian Soyuz spacecraft suffered a coolant leak, and NASA is currently investigating whether the spacecraft can safely bring astronauts back to Earth, or whether other emergency measures are needed.

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