SpaceX Launched a Satellite Repair Mission. Why It Points to a New Growth Opportunity.

SpaceX launched the Northrop Grumman MRV-MEP mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit from Cape Canaveral in Florida on Tuesday evening—and it highlights another growth opportunity for the company.

Elon Musk’s rocket and AI company has lots of opportunities, from the mundane—launching satellites into space and providing space-based broadband business—to those straight out of sci-fi, like low-cost orbital data centers and travel to Mars.