OSLO, April 23 (Reuters) - Norway's $2.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's ‌largest, is assessing whether to invest ‌in SpaceX, the fund's deputy CEO told ​Reuters on Thursday.

The rocket and satellite company controlled by the world's richest man, Elon Musk, is expected to launch ‌a $1.75 trillion ⁠initial public offering, possibly the largest ever, this summer.

Asked whether ⁠the fund had been approached to be part of SpaceX as an investor, ​Trond Grande ​said in an ​interview: we have dialogue ‌with companies, right? So, we also have dialogue with SpaceX."

When asked whether the fund was assessing whether this could be interesting for the fund, Grande ‌said: "That is what ​we are doing."

He declined ​to give ​further details.

Grande was speaking after ‌the fund reported on ​Thursday a ​first-quarter loss of 636 billion crowns ($68.44 billion) as the war in ​the Middle ‌East weighed on global stocks.

(Reporting ​by Gwladys Fouche in Oslo, editing ​by Terje Solsvik)