At a September meeting, shareholders will be asked to vote on Musk's offer to buy the social network, just one month before the two companies are due to go to court over Musk's attempt to scuttle the deal.
The Kennedy Space Center hosted a press conference with Musk in attendance.
The board of directors scheduled a vote on the Musk deal for September 13 and encouraged the company's shareholders to vote yes, even as Musk tried to call off the agreement.
The company said it was committed to closing the merger on the price and terms agreed upon with Musk.
The social media company and the world's richest man are set to go to trial at some point in October in Delaware's Court of Chancery.
Since the billionaire first offered to buy the company in April, there has been a lot of confusion about the situation. After the board accepted his offer, Musk put the deal on hold and then tried to end the deal last month. The company has failed to provide enough data to back up its figures according to Musk. The agreement doesn't allow Musk to back out over disputes aboutspam accounts, and the company has provided Musk's team with scores of data to support its estimate that fake accounts make up less than 5% of users
We think Musk is the world's wealthiest person because of his stake in the electric car company.
Musk's bid to delay the trial fails at every level, according to the social network.
The social networking site sued Musk for trying to cancel the acquisition.
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