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 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