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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
