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title: "SpaceX reports Q3 capex of $19.6B, up from $6.9B a year earlier, and Q3 connectivity revenue, which includes Starlink, up 69% YoY to $5.2B (Becky Peterson/Wall Street Journal)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/spacex-reports-q3-capex-of-19-6b-up-from-6-9b-a-year-earlier-and-q3-db1982d1
published: 2026-10-20T20:55:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# SpaceX reports Q3 capex of $19.6B, up from $6.9B a year earlier, and Q3 connectivity revenue, which includes Starlink, up 69% YoY to $5.2B (Becky Peterson/Wall Street Journal)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-10-20 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/spacex-reports-q3-capex-of-19-6b-up-from-6-9b-a-year-earlier-and-q3-db1982d1

Becky Peterson / Wall Street Journal : SpaceX reports Q3 capex of $19.6B, up from $6.9B a year earlier, and Q3 connectivity revenue, which includes Starlink, up 69% YoY to $5.2B — Artificial intelligence revenue surges around 830% while capital spending on data center build-out and developing new technology continues

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261020/p47#a261020p47)

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