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

SpaceX mega-IPO set for next month, targeting ~$1.75T valuation and locking Elon Musk control via Mars-linked pay

SpaceX’s IPO prospectus is expected to land soon, with the deal slated for next month at an anticipated ~$1.75T valuation. Reporting frames it as a governance-control play for Elon Musk (including a Mars-linked pay structure) and as a public-markets catalyst for an “AI era,” while the filing reportedly reshapes space-investor exit paths.

Also: Financial Times, 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  
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 Federal Communications Commission for a 20,000-satellite “Stampede” orbital data center constellation, shortly after raising $275 million to develop rockets whose upper stages would serve as the computing platforms.

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, CAPA, Aviation Week, Satellite Evolution, Airline Economics, SpaceWatch Global and 9 more
2026-05-14T05:23:44.186869-07:00
Satellite   Intuitive Machines   M&A   Space Exploration & Science Missions   Human Spaceflight & Space Stations   Commercial Space   Space Defense & Militarization  
SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Intuitive Machines to buy ground station company

By SpaceNews.com: Intuitive Machines has agreed to purchase a company that operates ground stations in the United States and United Kingdom to help build out a lunar communications network.

Also: Via Satellite, Satellite Evolution and satnews.com
2026-05-14T13:23:28.353289-07:00
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
Defense Industry & Major Contractors   Commercial Space   Space Defense & Militarization   Policy & Regulation  
Payload • Jacqueline Feldscher

Meet Blacknight Space Labs In-Orbit Infrastructure Accelerator

By Payload: Blacknight Space Labs will provide companies up to $100,000 each. In addition, accelerator companies will get startup 101 education, mentorship, assistance breaking into the defense space market—and help with everything from fundraising, to navigating the government contracting system, to finding customers.

2026-05-14T06:12:04.039248-07:00