Musk spent at least $132 million to secure the White House and Congress for Republicans. While his satellite internet company Starlink represents a fraction of his empire, which includes Tesla, SpaceX and X, analysts say it’s a “mind-blowingly” profitable fraction .

Election officials in swing states said vote-counting systems are typically on closed networks with no connection to the internet.

Sources said that Musk’s near-constant presence at Mar-a-Lago in the week since Election Day had begun to wear on people who’ve been in Trump’s inner circle

With a Thursday launch of 24 Starlink satellites, SpaceX's third mission from Central Florida this week is on its way to low-Earth orbit. After a few delays, the Falcon 9 rocket took off around 8:21 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where another Starlink mission took off earlier this week.