Rocket Lab Corporation

Karman Holdings Inc.

Intuitive Machines, Inc.

Space Agency NASA accused SpaceX of falling behind schedule and admitted that it will allow other companies to compete with Elon Musk's company for the contract, which the latter has already won. It is about the project to deliver astronauts to the Moon, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-20/spacex-delays-forcing-us-to-rethink-musk-s-moon-landing-contract">reports</a> Bloomberg. After this message, the shares of space companies, including those not related to the flights to the Moon, rose in price.

NASA may give SpaceX contract to competitors. Shares of space companies rose

Planet Labs PBC

AST SpaceMobile, Inc.

Redwire Corporation

The market is now pricing Rocket Lab stock based on SpaceX's implied valuation

Morgan Stanley has raised the stock target on rival SpaceX by 240%. What is the bank betting on?

Verizon Communications Inc.

AST SpaceMobile, a satellite company, has nearly quadrupled its capitalization this year

Shares of rival Starlink soar thanks to Verizon deal. Does it make sense to buy?

Scotiabank advised selling AST SpaceMobile shares due to the risk of overvaluation amid Starlink's strength

Starlink's competitor rose in price by 254%. Why does the analyst expect a "painful correction"?

Firefly Aerospace Inc.

Shares of Firefly Aerospace, a mid-cap <a href="https://investors.fireflyspace.com/">developer</a>&nbsp;of launch and orbital vehicles, have&nbsp;<a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/FLY/">jumped </a>nearly 22% in early trading today, October 6, after the company <a href="https://investors.fireflyspace.com/news-releases/news-release-details/firefly-aerospace-announces-strategic-acquisition-scitec-advance">announced</a>&nbsp;its acquisition national security technology developer SciTec to expand its capabilities in the U.S. defense sector. Firefly went public on the Nasdaq in August, and its stock has since lost almost 40% of its value.

Shares of space firm Firefly surge on deal to acquire defense tech SciTec

As communication technologies have evolved, wars over access to information have intensified around the globe, and the emergence of high-speed satellite Internet has brought this struggle to a new height in every sense. The constellation of low-orbit Starlink satellites created by Elon Musk's SpaceX company has suddenly become not just a convenient service, but a tool of geopolitics. The richest man on the planet is not shy about using it.

Space Carrot and Stick: How Satellite Internet Became a Political Weapon

Amazon.com, Inc.

The Bank has named three satellite communications projects that could change the market. Shares of one of them can be bought on the stock exchange

BofA is expecting a $200 billion satellite boom, how can investors capitalize on it?

Voyager Technologies, Inc.

Flywire Corporation

Only 10 years ago, talk of the space economy seemed to be the domain of futurists and science fiction authors. Today, however, this is one of the most dynamic and promising segments of the global market, which has ceased to be the arena of "dreamers" and is increasingly attracting pragmatic investors. Evgeny Shatov, partner of Capital Lab investment company, tells us how to make money on it and what "red flags" should be avoided.

From romanticism to pragmatism: how to become an investor in space companies

MDA Space Ltd.

By 2035, the global space economy, from satellite communications to AI-driven analytics, will reach $1.8 trillion, according to <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/themes/the-space-economy-is-projected-to-reach-1-8-trillion-by-2035">projections</a> by McKinsey and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Yet while most eyes are on Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches or visions of colonizing Mars, the real money is often being made in the less glamorous corners of the industry. One such player is the small-cap Redwire, the Motley Fool <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/06/25/7-space-stocks-id-buy-without-hesitation/">highlights</a>&nbsp;in a list of seven space stocks to buy "without hesitation." Wall Street <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/rdw/analystestimates?mod=mw_quote_tab">expects </a>Redwire&nbsp;stock to double, even though the company remains unprofitable.

From space medicine to Mars colony: Redwire believed to offer triple-digit upside

U.S. space company goes public after historic moon landing


Firefly Aerospace IPO: shares of SpaceX competitor become available


In early June, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was preparing to marry Lauren Sanchez when Ilon Musk began publishing a series of critical posts about the "Big Beautiful" bill that US President Donald Trump was actively promoting. It got to the point where Musk mentioned Trump's name in connection with the "Jeffrey Epstein list" and the president threatened to deprive the main sponsor of his election campaign of government contracts. Apparently, despite the pre-wedding rush, Jeff Bezos decided not to miss the moment and try to get Musk's space government contracts. Does he have a chance to do so?

Billionaire Star Wars: Will Bezos be able to get Musk's government contracts

BlackSky Technology Inc.

Motley Fool analyst George Budwell has&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2025/06/25/7-space-stocks-id-buy-without-hesitation/">put together a list</a>&nbsp;of seven space stocks he would buy "without hesitation." Four of them are in the small-cap segment, while three are big companies. "While everyone fixates on SpaceX's latest launch or dreams of Mars colonies," Budwell argues, "the real money is being made in less glamorous corners of the space economy."

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