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Here's your afternoon TNB Tech Minute for Thursday, May 7th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.

SpaceX is spending heavily before its IPO. That includes an estimated $55 billion for the Texas-based

TerraFab chip complex that plans to develop with Tesla, according to local government notices.

The company is also funding space infrastructure and potentially

sending up to 1 million AI satellites to low Earth orbit in the years ahead. Some of the

developments that SpaceX is looking to fund will take years to complete and present big operational

and financial risks. SpaceX didn't respond to a request for comment about its investment plans. The rocket,

satellites, and AI company have significant revenue coming in through its space businesses.

Last year, the journal reported it generated $8 billion in adjusted earnings on $16 billion in revenue.

Shares for a national security satellite company, Hawkeye 360 jumped in their public

market debut, signaling strong investor demand for defense companies. Hawkeye's stock opened 30%

above its $26-dollar initial public offering price. It priced its offering at the high end of its

targeted price range, raising $416 million and

valuing the company at more than $2.4 billion. Hawkeye focuses on so-called signals intelligence,

operating a fleet of more than 30 satellites that collect radio frequencies back on Earth.

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