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World Service,02 Apr 2026,26 mins

SpaceX eyes take off with over $1 trillion valuation

World Business Report

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing to go public. Could it become one of the world’s most valuable companies? One year on from “Liberation Day”, when sweeping tariffs reshaped global trade, we ask who’s winning and who’s paying the price. And from bankruptcy to comeback, Leanna Byrne speaks to the boss of Polaroid about why instant cameras are thriving again. (Photo: NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission lifts off in a Dragon spacecraft, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, from the launch pad of Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, USA, 28 September 2024. Credit: Cristobal Herrera-Ulashkevich/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock).

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