Satellite Manufacturing Investing Makes a Comeback
Satellite manufacturing is back in investors’ good graces.
Satellite manufacturing is back in investors’ good graces.
The $260M Series C is a monster raise for a company founded just three years ago, with a choppy history of execution, and playing in an unproven space domain awareness market.
Despite turbulence in public markets, Q1 private space dealmaking was strong—particularly for the launch sector.
AST SpaceMobile is raising $400M through convertible notes to continue building out its BlueBird constellation, the company announced on Wednesday.
Hockeystick SPAC charts. Wallstreetbets Reddit page buzz. Short squeezes. Everything to the Moon euphoria.
Space is a nascent market with vast, unbounded potential, where an early-stage startup can become a dominant business integral to the very infrastructure of the space economy for decades to come.
If the last decade marked a revolution in sending mass to space, the next decade will center on bringing mass back to Earth.
First, a ULA sale process, now Starliner.
Comtech ($CMTL) announced last week that it is looking to sell its terrestrial 911 emergency call infrastructure business to go all-in on space comms.
Astranis, a startup building small GEO broadband satellites for targeted service, led the way this quarter with its $200M monster Series D round, by far the largest US space raise so far in 2024.