Use wechat scan QR code to share with friends and circle of friends_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=SpaceX "> SpaceX < / a > filed regulatory filings with the securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the past two months, which shows that the company has passed equity < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E8%9E%8D%E8%B5%84 "> financing < / a > raised about $1.16 billion. In a filing with the SEC in February, SpaceX confirmed that it allowed shareholders to sell back up to $750 million worth of shares and raised nearly $850 million through equity financing. SpaceX sold its shares for just under $420 in the round and raised its valuation to $74 billion. Insiders revealed that after the start of this round of financing, investors' demand for SpaceX equity soared to more than $6 billion. < / P > < p > two months later, in a revised filing with the SEC, SpaceX confirmed that it had expanded this round of financing by adding another 30 investors and $315 million, bringing the total amount of financing to $1.16 billion. This means that SpaceX has completed a single round of financing of more than $1 billion for the third time in history. < / P > < p > as of the latest filing with the SEC, SpaceX has raised a total of $6.2 billion in the past 19 years through 15 stock issues, of which nearly half (US $3.06 billion) came from two rounds of financing completed in the past eight months. SpaceX just raised $1.9 billion in its biggest round of financing last August, according to pitchbook, a financial software and data provider. < / P > < p > the funds raised by SpaceX will be used for star chain < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E5%8D%AB%E6%98%9F "> satellite < / a > Internet and interstellar < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E9%A3%9E%E8%88%B9 "> spaceship < / a > two major projects. The company is making capital intensive investment in satellite antenna manufacturing, satellite production and launch of the satellite chain Internet, and is conducting continuous testing of the Starship project, which requires huge financial support. In the past 18 months, SpaceX has built and launched about 1380 satellite chains and executed 23 different Falcon 9 < a target = "_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E7%81%AB%E7%AE%AD "> rocket < / a > launch mission. < / P > < p > according to the public information, the cost of each launch of SpaceX is at least US $30 million, including 60 satellite chains, one-time second stage of Falcon 9 rocket, recovery fleet operation and rocket propellant. The total cost of these 23 launches is about US $700 million. Compared with potential competitors such as oneweb, the cost of SpaceX is very low, but the company still needs a lot of external funds to support its ambitious launch rhythm and put star chain Internet into operation and make profits as soon as possible. At the same time, SpaceX plans to spend more than US $100 million on the salary of the Starship project in 2021, of which the funds for major construction projects and prototype production are at least close to the company's goal of achieving the first orbital launch of the rocket in the summer of 2021. All in all, for now at least, SpaceX needs a lot of money to support its ambitions, not just to expand its satellite, cargo and personnel launch businesses, and investors still seem excited about funding SpaceX. (small) < / P > < p >