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CesiumAstro Raised $730 Million to Launch 737 Satellites That Run AI in Orbit
CesiumAstro closed a $730M Series D at a $4.5B+ valuation to build Synchronicity, a 737-satellite constellation with onboard AI compute.
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AST SpaceMobile Just Signed a $1.3 Billion Deal With Firefly to Build Its Own Rocket
AST SpaceMobile will pay Firefly over $1.3 billion for engines and a licence to build its own reusable rocket, Blacklift, by late 2028.
Space
A Former Disney Star Just Raised $375 Million to Build the Internet's Missing Half
Northwood Space raised a $375M Series C at a $2B valuation on Nov 2, 2026, co-led by a16z and DFJ Growth, to mass-produce satellite ground stations.
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Google Sent an AI Chip to Space, and It Answered With a Haiku
Google put four TPUs in orbit on a SpaceX rideshare, and on Oct 30 one wrote a haiku — the first AI output ever generated on a chip in space.
Space
Six Satellites, $250 Million, and a Real Shot at Dethroning GPS
Xona raised $250M at a $2.45B valuation to build Pulsar, a low-Earth-orbit rival to GPS with centimetre accuracy and signals 100x stronger.
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SpaceX Just Made $4.4 Billion in Three Months — and Its AI Arm Now Outsells Starlink
SpaceX posted $4.4bn net income on $14.6bn Q3 revenue, up 161%, as its AI segment overtook Starlink for the first time.
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SpaceX Just Bought the Airwaves It Needs to Take On AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile
SpaceX is buying Grain Management's nationwide 800 MHz spectrum to turn Starlink into a US mobile carrier. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile fell after hours.
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Impulse Space's 2028 Flights Are Already Sold Out. So It Grabbed Another $308 Million.
Impulse Space reopened its Series D with a $308M extension, pushing the round to $808M at a ~$5.4B valuation as its 2028 rideshare flights sell out.
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Open Cosmos Raised €300 Million to Give Europe Its Own Eyes in Orbit
Open Cosmos raised a €300M Series C — about $348M — to reach unicorn status and give Europe its own sovereign satellite infrastructure, one satellite a day.
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Muon Space Wants to Build 500 Satellites a Year. So Far It's Launched 11.
Muon Space closed a $250M Series C at a reported $1.5B valuation to industrialize satellite production — targeting 500 spacecraft a year by 2027, up from the 11 it has flown so far.
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Astra Went From $2 Billion to $11 Million. Now It Wants $250 Million to Fly Again
Astra Space cratered from a $2 billion SPAC to an $11.25M take-private. Now it's raising $250 million at a $1 billion valuation to fund Rocket 4.
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Rocket Lab Just Signed the Biggest Deal in Its History: $266 Million to Fly Hypersonic Tests From Alaska
Rocket Lab just landed the biggest contract in its history: $266M from the U.S. Space Force to fly up to 18 HASTE hypersonic test launches from Kodiak, Alaska.
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India Just Became the Third Country With a Private Rocket in Orbit — and an 8-Year-Old Startup Did It
Skyroot's Vikram-1 just became the first privately built Indian rocket to reach orbit, making India the third nation with a private launch capability — and its builder is a $1.1B unicorn.
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A 3D-Printed Rocket From Hyderabad Just Put India in a Club of Three — Behind Only SpaceX and China
India just became the third nation with a private company in orbit: Skyroot's 3D-printed Vikram-1 hit 450 km LEO, backed by a $1.1B valuation.