According to a number of foreign media reports, space space company SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk, recently raised a new $ 100 million.
According to an official update from SpaceX, spaceX initially raised $ 350 million in venture financing this summer, but added a new $ 100 million to a total investment of 450 million U.S. dollars. After the second round of financing, SpaceX's valuation is about 21.5 billion US dollars.
SpaceX spokesman James Gleeson also confirmed to the media news of a new 100 million U.S. dollars in financing.
SpaceX, a commercial space company founded by Musk, has previously received a large number of launch orders from customers such as NASA. SpaceX has become one of the most recognized private space companies in the world. And the company's founder, Elon Musk, is also the founder and CEO of well-known car maker Tesla.
This year, SpaceX plans to launch 20-24 rocket launchers. At present, 16 launches have been completed and the remaining ones will be launched by the end of this year. Unmanaged missions include the mysterious Zuma payload, the 13th refueling mission to launch a Falcon 9 rocket to the ISS, the tenth NEXT satellite to launch for the Iridium satellite, Heavy rocket debut for the first time.
In the meantime, SpaceX fired the first US military satellite on the Falcon 9 rocket in May this year, breaking a 10-year monopoly between Lockheed Martin and Boeing. The company also plans to landed on Mars in 2022 plan, followed by preparations for the implementation of manned Mars in 2024 landing plan.