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After only a two months of 2026, this year is already shaping up to be the year of space data centers. In January, SpaceX filed with the FCC for up to 1M satellites (wild). A few days later, Starcloud followed with plans for 88,000 satellites of its own.
There’s a reason why Danish smallsat manufacturer GomSpace’s stock is up 400% over the last 12 months.
The investor playbook has flipped: In the era of AI, Asset-light, high-margin good businesses (software) start to look bad, while greasy, capital-intensive, bad businesses (hardware) now look good. That’s just as true in space as anywhere else.
Space businesses continue their burn streak.
A catalogue of in-space propulsion options—vendors, products, and specs.
Another space business is hitting public markets.
We forecast that SpaceX’s revenue will increase from $15B in 2025 to $23.8B in 2026, driven by Starlink’s customer base doubling from 9.2M to 18.4M.
Payload is back with our 2025 SpaceX revenue model build.
