Focus: Investors
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Finance
SatixFy Begins Trading on NYSE After Completing SPAC
SatixFy Communications is now a publicly traded company after completing its special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Endurance Acquisition Corp. The satellite technology company began trading on Friday on […]
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Finance
Northrop Grumman Space Sales Growth Continues with 18% Growth in Q3
Space continues to be the fast-growing segment for Northrop Grumman, and the company expects growth to continue. In Northrop Grumman’s third quarter results posted on Thursday, the Space segment reported […]
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Finance
Boeing Defense, Space, and Security Dips 20% in Third Quarter
Boeing’s Defense, Space, and Security segment saw a 20% decline in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same time period of 2021 due to losses on military aircraft […]
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Finance
Iridium Increases 2022 Guidance, Hints at Satellite-to-Cell Announcement
Iridium Communications increased 2022 guidance for the second time this year after posting more gains in the third quarter. CEO Matt Desch also said the company expects to share more […]
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Connectivity
Yahsat Makes Strategic Move into IoT Arena, Acquiring Stake in eSAT Global
Yahsat has made a move in the Internet of Things arena, acquiring a minority stake in eSAT Global, an IoT connectivity solutions provider that aims to bring a low-cost, low latency, […]
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Finance
Satellite Hardware Startup Somewear Labs Raises $13.7M Series A Round
Satellite hardware startup Somewear Labs Raises $13.7 million in its Series A round, which was led by a group of over a dozen current and former CEOs chaired by David […]
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Finance
Electric Propulsion Startup Morpheus Space Raises $28M Series A Round
Propulsion startup Morpheus Space raised a $28 million Series A funding round led by space VC Alpine Space Ventures. The company develops electric propulsion systems for small satellites and said […]
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Finance
Accenture Makes Strategic Investment in Pixxel
Consulting and Technology company Accenture is making a strategic investment in hyperspectral satellite imagery startup Pixxel. Terms of the investment were not disclosed in Tuesday’s announcement. Pixxel is based in […]
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Finance
Outpost Raises $7M Seed Round to Develop Returnable Satellites
Space startup Outpost, which is developing technology for returnable and reusable satellites, has raised a $7.1 million Series Seed round. Moonshots Capital led the oversubscribed funding round announced Tuesday. The […]
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Finance
Atlas Space Operations Raises $26M Series B Round Led By Mitsui
Ground software as a service company Atlas Space Operations closed a $26 million Series B funding round, led by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Atlas announced the round on Thursday. Other […]
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Finance
Berlin Analytics Startup LiveEO Secures $19M Funding Round
LiveEO, a Berlin-based satellite analytics company, has secured 19 million euros ($19.34 million) in new funding, the company announced Aug. 5. LiveEO’s core product is an infrastructure monitoring suite powered […]
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Finance
Lockheed Martin Invests in Xona Space Systems $25M Funding Round
Xona Space Systems has secured another $25 million in financing, the company announced late last week. The company, which is developing navigation technologies from Low Earth Orbit (LEO), revealed that […]
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Finance
Astra Suspends Launches in 2022 to Work on Next Launch System
Astra Space is ending use of its Rocket 3.3 iteration after two launch failures and moving to the next version of its launch system. The rocket, part of Space Launch […]
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Finance
O3b mPOWER Launch Slips Amid Potential Intelsat/SES Merger Rumors
SES CEO Steve Collar would not confirm or deny reports that merger talks are underway between SES and Intelsat in a call with investors on Thursday. Collar spoke on Aug. […]
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Connectivity
Hughes Jupiter-3 Now Expected to Launch in the First Half 2023
Launch for Hughes Network Systems Jupiter-3 satellite is now expected to launch in the first half of 2023. The satellite has been delayed multiple times, and was most recently expected […]
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Opinion
The Investor’s Guide to the Galaxy: Why the Space Industry Should Be Your Next Investment
The commercialization of the space industry has opened the door for mass innovation, research and development. Modern companies are developing revolutionary technologies that will be critical for meeting the greatest […]
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Finance
L3Harris Supply Chain Disruptions Contribute to 2Q Revenue Dip
While L3Harris logged a dip in revenues in the second quarter of 2022, citing supply-chain constraints, the company also reported a $53 million increase in Space revenue. Overall, L3Harris revenue […]
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Finance
Astrea Raises $6.5M Series A from Climate-Focused VCs
Satellite intelligence startup Astraea raised a $6.5 million Series A round led by Aligned Climate Capital and Carbon Drawdown Collective to commercialize its geospatial platform focused on climate change. Astraea’s […]
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Finance
Potential Eutelsat, OneWeb Merge Raises Questions for Analysts
Update: Eutelsat and OneWeb announced early Tuesday that they have signed an MoU to combine Eutelsat and OneWeb in an all-share transaction. Under the deal, Eutelsat shareholders and OneWeb shareholders […]
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Finance
Boeing to Invest $50M in New Aerospace Tech Venture Fund
Boeing on Wednesday said it has agreed to provide $50 million to anchor a new aerospace technology venture fund that is privately-managed by the company’s partner AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private […]
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Finance
New VC Firm Stellar Ventures Launches $23M Space Fund
A new venture capital firm Stellar Ventures recently launched a fund with more than $23 million in capital commitments dedicated to investing in space technology. Celeste Ford, founder of aerospace […]
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Finance
L3Harris Makes Strategic Investment in Mynaric
L3Harris is making a strategic investment in Mynaric, investing 11.2 million euros ($11.4 million) in the business for a 7.2% share. L3Harris will acquire 409,294 new bearer shares of Mynaric […]
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Finance
Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO Eileen Drake’s Faction Wins All Board Seats in Proxy Battle
Aerojet Rocketdyne President and CEO Eileen Drake won her bitterly contested proxy battle with the company’s dissident executive chairman, Warren Lichtenstein, after shareholders on Thursday voted in favor of Drake […]
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Finance
Viasat Reports Record Revenue of $2.8B in 2022
Viasat posted record revenue of $2.8 billion in its 2022 fiscal year, up 24% over the prior year. The company logged gains in each of its three business segments, with […]
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Finance
AST SpaceMobile Previews BlueWalker 3 Launch
AST SpaceMobile previewed the launch of its BlueWalker 3 test satellite in first quarter 2022 financial results on May 16. The company said the satellite is “substantially complete” and has […]
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Finance
Rocket Lab More Than Doubled Revenue in First Quarter of 2022
Rocket Lab more than doubled revenue in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same time last year, driven by growth in its Space Systems segment. On Monday, Rocket […]
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Finance
Terran Orbital Grows Backlog 200% in Q1
Terran Orbital reported first quarter 2022 financial results on May 13, its first financial report since going public on March 28. The small satellite manufacturer reported $13.1 million of revenues, […]
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Finance
Eutelsat Reports Double-Digit Growth in Fixed Broadband and Mobility in Q3
Eutelsat Communications reported double-digit growth in both Fixed Broadband and Mobility segment in the third quarter of 2022, which the operator said highlights “significant potential” in connectivity. Eutelsat reported its […]
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Finance
Sidus Space Reports Revenue Increase of 1,075% in Q1
Sidus Space reported a 1,075% increase in revenue in the first quarter of 2022, over the same time last year. The space-as-a-service satellite company attributed the growth to an increase […]
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Finance
Spire Grows Revenue 86% in First Quarter of 2022
Spire Global grew revenue 86% in the first quarter of 2022, compared to the same time last year. The space-based data company released its financial results on May 11. First quarter 2022 […]





























