Space Stocks Surge YTD
Space investing is not for the faint of heart.
The Israel-Iran conflict has extended to space with exo-atmospheric interceptors, satellites providing critical comms, and remote sensing spacecraft beaming down images for intelligence gathering.
Amid the NASA budget bloodbath, the Commercial LEO Destinations program has emerged still standing.
Florida’s Space Coast continues to dominate US launches, but Vandenberg is the fastest-growing launch site.
SpaceX launched 16 Falcon missions in May, tying a monthly record for the workhorse rocket.
NASA has paid out $2.6B of SpaceX’s Human Landing System (HLS) contract, representing 65% of the $4B current award amount and 58% of the $4.5B potential award amount.
Once upon a time, fixed broadband was Viasat’s second-largest end market.
After several years of decline, Airbus’s space systems division revenue is back to growth.