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NASDAQ:RKLB 16 June 2026 - 30 June 2026

SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) launch puts Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI) cash flow to the test

SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) set for $8.3 billion index demand as float stays tight

Space Exploration Technologies Corp heads into Tuesday with index demand still building up around the name, while the float remains small for a stock with a $2.16 trillion market cap. Shares settled at $164.19 on Monday, rising 7.15%. They traded at $163.30 in the premarket ahead of the 9:30 a.m. ET Nasdaq open. The Nasdaq market schedule lists July 3 as the next full closure for Independence Day, with June 30 open for trading. The stock is trading 21.6% above its $135 IPO price, but still sits 27.2% under its $225.64 high. SpaceX said the IPO closed June 15 after selling 638,888,888 Class A shares, including the full overallotment, for total gross proceeds of around $85.7 billion. Shares started trading on Nasdaq June 12 under the SPCX ticker.
30 June 2026
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Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) to acquire Iridium (NASDAQ:IRDM) in $8B deal

Rocket Lab surges, adding $8 billion after Iridium deal shifts RKLB cash flow

Rocket Lab Corporation traded at $98.01 in the premarket session Tuesday, up $13.43 from Monday’s close. That quote put the company’s value at $59.3 billion, so the premarket gain added about $8.1 billion in equity value. Nasdaq runs premarket hours from 4:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. ET. Here’s the straightforward math for investors. Rocket Lab gave itself a bit more than the $8.0 billion enterprise value it put on Iridium. The company is using its own shares as funding, too: Iridium shareholders get $27 in a mix of cash and Rocket Lab stock, with the stock portion tied to a $67.50-$112.50 collar. Rocket Lab was quoted premarket within that range.
30 June 2026
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Iridium stock trades above Rocket Lab’s $54 bid as collar math narrows deal spread

Iridium stock trades above Rocket Lab’s $54 bid as collar math narrows deal spread

Iridium Communications Inc traded through Rocket Lab Corporation’s proposed takeover value before Tuesday’s regular session, a small gap with a large message: the market is giving the target more than the headline cash-stock price while the deal still has a long path to close. At the dateline time, Nasdaq was in pre-market hours. Its regular session opens at 9:30 a.m. ET, and its 2026 holiday schedule does not list June 30 as a closure. The next listed U.S. stock-market closure is July 3, for Independence Day observed.
30 June 2026
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Rocket Lab-Iridium deal puts cash-flow satellites in focus for space stocks in June 2026

Rocket Lab-Iridium deal puts cash-flow satellites in focus for space stocks in June 2026

Space and satellite stocks faced a tougher test this Monday than the SpaceX-driven rally that kicked off June, as investors started to focus on networks and contracts over just launch schedules. Rocket Lab Corporation said it will buy Iridium Communications Inc. in a deal valued at about $8 billion. The deal brings Rocket Lab access to L-band spectrum, over 2.55 million subscribers and $495 million in 2025 operational EBITDA to fold into its launch and spacecraft operations. Monday’s rally didn’t look like a clean sweep for space stocks. Rocket Lab ended up 15.9% at $98.01. Iridium climbed 25.4% to $54.59. AST SpaceMobile Inc. jumped 21.3% to $86.77. Planet Labs PBC added 15.5% at $31.28. Viasat Inc. closed up 23.8% at $76.69. SpaceX, which listed this month, finished the day up 7.0% at $164.19.
29 June 2026
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Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) to acquire Iridium (NASDAQ:IRDM) in $8B deal

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) to acquire Iridium (NASDAQ:IRDM) in $8B deal

NEW YORK, June 29, 2026, 11:13 EDT. Rocket Lab said it will buy Iridium in an $8 billion deal, moving the satellite race into a new phase as RKLB eyes cash flow from IRDM’s network. Rocket Lab Corporation said it will acquire Iridium Communications Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal that puts an $8 billion tag on the satellite operator. Investors will probably notice Rocket Lab paying up with its high-valuation public shares to pick up a company already turning out operating profits. Iridium shareholders will be paid $54 a share, split $27 in cash and the rest in Rocket Lab shares, the companies said.
29 June 2026
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Iridium shares climb with Rocket Lab deal spread at 2.7%, $54 offer in focus

Iridium shares climb with Rocket Lab deal spread at 2.7%, $54 offer in focus

Iridium Communications traded at $52.56 before the market opened Monday, up from its $43.52 finish Friday but still under Rocket Lab’s $54 a share bid in cash and stock. That left a $1.44 discount, or about 2.7% below the offer, with the spread showing what the market sees in terms of deal timing, signoff and risks tied to Rocket Lab shares. Nasdaq’s main session in New York was still closed. The exchange lists normal trading as 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET, with pre-market running from 4 a.m. up until the open.
29 June 2026
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SpaceX Shares Fall 16% After $20 Billion Bond Sale Talk Hangs Over Rally

SpaceX Shares Fall 16% After $20 Billion Bond Sale Talk Hangs Over Rally

SpaceX shares dropped 16.4% on Monday after the company launched its first bond sale, cutting about $400 billion from its market value and bringing up questions again about what it will cost to push deeper into artificial intelligence. Shares finished at $154.60. SpaceX changed course just 10 days after pulling off the largest IPO ever. Investors are already facing a test on spending, as the company pushes forward with AI data centers, the massive Starship rocket, and more, while growing the Starlink internet business.
23 June 2026
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Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) falls on Nasdaq-100 inclusion, SpaceX slide and share sale concerns

Rocket Lab (NASDAQ:RKLB) falls on Nasdaq-100 inclusion, SpaceX slide and share sale concerns

Rocket Lab Corporation fell on Monday as the stock debuted in the Nasdaq-100. The move put RKLB at the center of a trade built on forced index buying, with the price pulled by the broad reset that's hit space companies since SpaceX changed the sector's tone. Rocket Lab shares traded at $99.49, down roughly 7.2%. The stock hit an intraday high at $107.37 and dropped to $96.56. More than 18.8 million shares changed hands by early afternoon in New York.
22 June 2026
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CoreWeave and Nebius face Nasdaq-100 test as AI rally cools

CoreWeave and Nebius face Nasdaq-100 test as AI rally cools

Nebius Group and CoreWeave made their Nasdaq-100 debut Monday. CoreWeave was down $10.05, trading at $107.90 just before 1 p.m. EDT. Nebius also traded lower, dropping to $280.41 after closing at $286.69. Early trading didn’t deliver much excitement for either new listing as buyers seemed cautious after the recent run for AI-cloud names. Nasdaq says over 200 products worldwide track the Nasdaq-100, holding more than $800 billion. The changes force ETFs and passive funds tied to the index to shift holdings to stay in line, not make new picks.
22 June 2026
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Rocket Lab readies for Nasdaq-100 start as shares recover after the holiday

Rocket Lab readies for Nasdaq-100 start as shares recover after the holiday

Rocket Lab is set to start Monday as part of the Nasdaq-100, a move that puts the launch and space systems company in more big growth indexes. It follows a bumpy stretch for space stocks last week. The timing is important. With U.S. markets shut Friday for Juneteenth and still closed Sunday, traders will have to react to the index change when Nasdaq opens Monday at 9:30 a.m. EDT. Nasdaq said Rocket Lab, Astera Labs, CoreWeave, Nebius and Teradyne will join the Nasdaq-100 before the start of trading on June 22.
21 June 2026
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Veterans Kick Off Indiana Freedom Runs Before America’s 250th

ANGOLA, Indiana, June 21, 2026, 09:02 EDT Crooked Lake Freedom 5 in Angola is listed for Independence Day on Indiana’s calendar, with officials planning to connect the holiday to the 250th anniversary and salute military service. The July 4 event at Crooked Lake is set for the morning. Race organizers will discount entry for military and first responders.
21 June 2026
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SpaceX Stock Risks Build as ARK ETF Flows, Retail Rules and Lockups Test IPO Rally

SpaceX Stock Risks Build as ARK ETF Flows, Retail Rules and Lockups Test IPO Rally

SpaceX’s first week as a public company ended with the stock still above its offering price, but the trade has shifted from scarcity to supply risk. With U.S. markets shut for the weekend, shares of the Elon Musk-led company last traded at $185 on Friday, down from a Tuesday peak of $225.64 but still about 37% above the $135 IPO price. That matters now because SpaceX is no longer just a stock-market debut. It has become a test of how retail platforms, active funds and index trackers handle a thinly traded, trillion-dollar company whose public float — the shares actually available to trade — is small by mega-cap standards.
21 June 2026
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CoreWeave edges higher before Nasdaq-100 debut, week looks ahead to debt moves

CoreWeave edges higher before Nasdaq-100 debut, week looks ahead to debt moves

CoreWeave shares ended the week up during the abbreviated U.S. trading week, as investors adjusted portfolios ahead of the AI cloud company joining the Nasdaq-100 at Monday’s open. The move can trigger buying from index-tracking funds. The stock ended at $117.95 on Thursday, climbing 2.38% for the session and up 17.3% since its June 12 close at $100.55. With U.S. markets closed Friday for Juneteenth and dark over the weekend, Thursday marked the last regular-session close.
20 June 2026
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Rocket Lab trades after rough holiday week ahead of Nasdaq-100 debut

Rocket Lab trades after rough holiday week ahead of Nasdaq-100 debut

Rocket Lab is set to join the Nasdaq-100 on Monday. Shares ended the holiday-shortened week higher, despite tumbling on Thursday and pressure across new space stocks. Rocket Lab’s last close was $107.24. Some investors are asking how much of the expected index buying is already reflected in the stock. Timing is key here. Rocket Lab is set to join the Nasdaq-100, which tracks bigger non-financial names on Nasdaq, ahead of the open on June 22. That move could push index funds—those that follow the benchmark instead of picking stocks—to hold the shares after the reshuffle.
20 June 2026
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Redwire stock slips as shortened week puts focus on share-sale overhang and space-stock pullback

Redwire stock slips as shortened week puts focus on share-sale overhang and space-stock pullback

Redwire Corp shares closed a four-day U.S. trading week lower, leaving the space and defense-technology company facing a Monday test after a sharp June reset in smaller space stocks. The stock last traded at $14.35 on Thursday, nearly flat on the day but down from $15.12 a week earlier. The timing matters. U.S. markets were closed Friday for Juneteenth and are shut over the weekend, so investors have had an extra pause to weigh Redwire’s stock-sale filing, sector volatility and the company’s still-unproven path from orders to profit.
20 June 2026
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SpaceX ETF Rush Hits Retail Risk Nerve After Record IPO

SpaceX ETF Rush Hits Retail Risk Nerve After Record IPO

SpaceX’s debut week trading as a public company is seeing Wall Street put Elon Musk trades to the test. Over $10 billion has already moved through leveraged funds tied to the rocket-and-satellite firm. Flows in big ETFs hit Cathie Wood’s flagship fund hard. The rush is key because the SpaceX IPO isn’t just another capital-markets event. Now it’s running into the ETF world—these funds trade like stocks and can put investors into popular trades fast. That can drive demand even higher. It can also crank up losses.
20 June 2026
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Rocket Lab Drops Even After Nasdaq-100 Nod, SpaceX IPO Buzz Fades

Rocket Lab holds ground ahead of Nasdaq-100 debut after selloff led by SpaceX

Rocket Lab shares head into the U.S. long weekend with a small weekly rise and the next move coming as the stock joins the Nasdaq-100 ahead of Monday’s bell. That follows volatility among space stocks as SpaceX roiled the sector. The shares finished at $107.24 on Thursday, off 0.69%, with U.S. markets closed Friday for Juneteenth. The timing is key here. Rocket Lab joins the Nasdaq-100, the index for large non-financial Nasdaq companies, just before markets open on June 22. Nasdaq says more than 200 investment products track the index, totaling over $800 billion in assets under management. That puts Rocket Lab in front of plenty of passive funds, which simply track the index.
19 June 2026
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Rocket Lab Drops Even After Nasdaq-100 Nod, SpaceX IPO Buzz Fades

Rocket Lab stock slips as Nasdaq-100 entry nears and SpaceX fever cools

Rocket Lab Corporation shares slipped on Thursday after a volatile, heavy-volume session, as investors weighed its looming Nasdaq-100 entry against fresh pressure from SpaceX’s post-IPO retreat. The stock finished at $107.24, down 0.7%, after trading between $101.12 and $110.98. The timing matters. Thursday was the last regular U.S. equity session before the Juneteenth market holiday, and Rocket Lab is scheduled to join the Nasdaq-100 before trading opens Monday. The Nasdaq-100 is the index of the largest non-financial companies listed on Nasdaq; index inclusion can force funds that track it to buy a stock, though that buying says little by itself about the company’s earnings power.
19 June 2026
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SpaceX Stock Closes Flat at $185 as Selling Slows, Index Review Up Next

SpaceX Stock Closes Flat at $185 as Selling Slows, Index Review Up Next

SpaceX shares closed down Thursday, extending losses to a second day even as late action trimmed an earlier 10% slide. The stock ended at $185, now sitting about 18% off Tuesday’s intraday high near $226. Options are pricing in a swing of roughly 10% either way next week. Why the reversal counts: price discovery is still shaky for a huge new public name. Just 4.2% of SpaceX found its way into initial public trading, with retail investors getting a bigger slice than usual. That thin float can push swings both ways.
18 June 2026
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CoreWeave Surges After Nasdaq-100 Move but Debt Worries Linger

CoreWeave Surges After Nasdaq-100 Move but Debt Worries Linger

CoreWeave shares rallied again Tuesday as traders weighed a possible index move and new concerns about leverage at the AI infrastructure firm. The stock last traded at $116.95, up $10.24, hitting an intraday high of $118.03 with a market cap of about $61.6 billion. The jump followed Monday’s market debate over whether investors are missing the value of CoreWeave’s customer deals or underestimating how much it will cost to fund them. Nasdaq puts CoreWeave in the Nasdaq-100, joining Astera Labs, Nebius, Rocket Lab and Teradyne before the open on June 22. The Nasdaq-100 is tracked by more than 200 products and manages over $800 billion worldwide, according to Nasdaq. “This move reflects both our growth and the emergence of AI as one of the defining technologies of our time,” CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator said. Barchart said index additions can drive buying from ETFs and funds tracking the index.
16 June 2026
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Stock Market Today

  • Cramer says use Wednesday's market shakeup to buy tech leaders like Meta and AMD
    July 1, 2026, 7:10 PM EDT. Jim Cramer on CNBC told investors to take advantage of Wednesday's rotation in the market as a window to pick up discounted names such as Meta, Micron and AMD. He thinks the pullback from AI infrastructure stocks will not last and suggests adding chip and data center plays, pointing to strong demand. Meta rallied, getting a boost from its plans to move into cloud computing, which Cramer said could widen revenue beyond just ads. His Charitable Trust owns Meta and Corning, but he said it sold off Nike after a weak quarter. Cramer also warned some software and retail stocks bouncing may fade. He said to use these moves to swap underperformers at higher prices and buy into leaders trading down during this early-in-the-quarter shift.
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