Blue Origin   M&A   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
CNBC • Leslie Picker, Morgan Brennan

SpaceX IPO prospectus expected within days; governance pushback and Blue Origin funding plans surface

Sources say SpaceX’s IPO prospectus could be filed as soon as next week, with the offering expected next month. Reporting frames the listing as the start of a new AI-focused era for public markets, while New York and California pension leaders oppose SpaceX’s “extreme” control structure and Blue Origin weighs its first external fundraising round to scale launches.

Also: CNA and techfundingnews.com
2026-05-14T13:54:43.782572-07:00
FCC   Satellite   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space   Space Policy & International Cooperation   Space Debris & Traffic Management   Workforce & Skills Development  
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SpaceNews.com • Jason Rainbow

Cowboy files plans for up to 20,000 orbital data centers

By SpaceNews.com: Cowboy Space has filed plans with the FCC for a 20,000-satellite “Stampede” orbital data center constellation, shortly after raising $275 million to develop rockets with upper stages designed to host the computing payloads.

Also: GeekWire and satellitemarkets.com
2026-05-14T15:06:34.545853-07:00
Satellite   ATC   M&A   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management  
Unmanned Airspace • Philip Butterworth-Hayes

Iridium to acquire Aireon, fusing space-based ADS-B with satnav and satcom

By Unmanned Airspace: Philip Butterworth-Hayes UAS traffic management news .entry-header Iridium Communications, a provider of global voice, data, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aireon LLC, operator of the world’s only space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic surveillance system.

Also: Runway Girl, FlightGlobal, AeroTime, Skies Magazine, Aviation Week, Satellite Evolution, SpaceWatch Africa, Airline Economics and 5 more
2026-05-14T05:23:44.186869-07:00
Satellite   Supply Chain   Commercial Space  
Space Intel Report • Peter B. de Selding

Satellogic: Market tailwinds continue in Q1, rev up 80%, new constellation, paid by customer, deploys starting in October

By Space Intel Report: AMSTERDAM — Satellite geospatial imagery constellation operator Satellogic reported an 80% increase in revenue in the three months ending March 31 compared to a year earlier, a reduced EBITDA loss and a cash balance of $129 million, up 29% from Dec.

2026-05-14T11:33:20.956982-07:00
Space Exploration & Science Missions   NASA  
Universe Today • Evan Gough

The Roman Space Telescope is Ahead of Schedule, and the Hubble is Giving it a Jump Start

By Universe Today: One of the core community surveys of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the Galactic Bulge Time-Domain Survey, is expected to locate over a thousand exoplanets that orbit far away from their stars, beyond the orbital distance of Earth from the Sun.

2026-05-14T10:55:22.460646-07:00