The space sector stay under the spotlightin a strategic phase of defining the new balances in the space economywhile the United States tries to strengthen their leadership, thanks to capital and private investments, such as those of Elon Musk, new players such as India attempt to carve out a place of privilege for themselves, while the European Union is laboriously seeking its independence in the race to the Moon and Mars. A ferment that also reverberates on the stock market, where the space sector remains in the spotlight.
The value of Space X soars to 350 billion
The evaluation of SpaceX, the space company of Elon Muskwhich has already made successful expeditions into space, has achieved a record value of 350 billion dollars. This is what emerged from the preliminary results of the tender offer of SpaceX expected for December, which reports a unit price that expresses a company valuation of 350 billion dollars, approximately 100 billion more than the 250 indicated in mid-November.
The tender offer is a sale of shares that SpaceX organizes on a regular basis to refinance itself and to allow employees and investors to sell the shares at a price set by the company.
The company’s new valuation makes it the private company, not listed on the stock exchange, most capitalized in the worldovertaking For the first time Bytedance, the Chinese company that owns the social platform TikTok.
Avio is waiting for the launch of the new Vega-C
Less fanfare, but fervent anticipation, anticipates the launch of Vega-Cthe Avio launcher for ESAwhich had failed its first commercial flight in December 2022, due to a problem with the nozzle of the Zefiro-40 engine. There new mission VV25 will leave this evening, December 4th, at 10pm from the Kourou space base in French Guiana. The launcher aims to bring the Sentinel 1-C satellite, a mission of the European Commission and ESA, into orbit about 700 kilometers from Earth.
This is a important appointment for Avioa company listed on Euronext STAR Milan, which did rather well yesterday good on the stock market (+3.8%) on the eve of the event.
Vega-C, together with the Ariane family, guarantees Europe versatile and independent access to space. In 2025, 6 flights of Ariane 6 (which made its first flight last July) and 4 flights of Vega C are planned.
Furthermore, Avio is expected to play an increasingly greater role in the marketing of flights. Last July, the adopted a resolution that lays the foundations for the marketing of the Vega launcher directly by Avio and no longer by the French Arianespace consortium: for Vega-C launches following VV29 (scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2025), customers who have contracts with Arianespace will be offered the possibility of transferring their contracts to Avio as the new supplier of launch services and sole operator of the Vega.
