[yakz]

Could proving out this technology make SpaceX the most valuable company on Earth, for a while? They invested early in “cheap” tech for rockets, which seems to be paying dividends in spades. One company owns most of the active satellites in orbit.

[bathtub365]

Why would it? What SpaceX does affects very few people on the planet, compared to almost any company in the Fortune 500. Valuation of a private company is also hard to determine.

Even with owning most of the active satellites in orbit they only serve 2.6 million customers with Starlink. Those satellites are also designed to turn into trash in 5 years.