Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
Bloomberg • Brian W Smith, Davide Barbuscia, Gowri Gurumurthy

SpaceX bond offering talks: bankers preparing calls on potential $20B+ issuance after record IPO

Bankers for SpaceX are set to speak with investors as soon as next week about a potential bond offering of at least $20 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The plan follows the company’s record-scale IPO and signals a continued push to secure large-scale public-market funding.

Also: CNA and Seeking Alpha
2026-06-18T09:50:27.617610-07:00
M&A   Launch Vehicles & Space Transportation   Commercial Space  
Space Intel Report • Peter B. de Selding

EQT Private Equity purchases rideshare mission manager Exolaunch, which expects 250% revenue increase this year

By Space Intel Report: BRUSSELS — EQT Private Equity of Sweden is purchasing ride-share mission management and integration provider Exolaunch of Germany in a transaction of undisclosed value that dealroom.co estimated at $339 million, an amount that would testify to Exolaunch’s rapid growth in the last couple of years.

Also: CNA
2026-06-18T09:20:38.853943-07:00
AI   Commercial Space  
Reuters • Akash Sriram, Jemima Denham

Space startups seek insurance for orbital AI data centers

By Reuters: Space companies have spoken with insurers about coverage for orbital AI data centers, a sign ‌of early progress for an experimental industry backed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin.

Also: CNA
2026-06-18T09:20:37.220419-07:00
Satellite   Middle East   Europe   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Space Defense & Militarization   Geopolitical Developments & Conflict Impact   Cybersecurity (Cyber Threats & Protection)  
Space.com • Tereza Pultarova

'It's quite a bit more than we expected': Satellite reveals immense scale of GPS signal tampering

By Space.com: For the first time, an experimental satellite has mapped the scale of GPS jamming across Europe and the Middle East from space.

2026-06-18T06:21:52.894727-07:00