AST SpaceMobile, Inc.

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

Planet Labs PBC

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

Redwire Corporation

MDA Space Ltd.

Intuitive Machines, Inc.

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."

Motley Fool names seven 'unglamorous' stocks that could benefit from space boom

Palantir Technologies Inc.

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Listings of space companies are still quite rare, but their success stories could pave the way for a whole wave of "unicorn" IPOs

Voyager IPO: shares of space station developer and partner Palantir have emerged

Rocket Lab Corporation

Freedom Broker believes that aerospace company Rocket Lab could be the main beneficiary of the conflict between billionaire Ilon Musk and US President Donald Trump. After the stream of mutual accusations they hurled at each other the day before, Trump threatened&nbsp;to tear up multi-billion dollar contracts with Musk's companies, including SpaceX. Rocket Lab is its competitor&nbsp;

Freedom named the beneficiary company of the Trump-Musk conflict

Planet Labs, a small-cap satellite imagery and data company, jumped 29% this morning, June 5. This comes after the company <a href="https://s29.q4cdn.com/903184914/files/doc_earnings/2026/q1/earnings-result/PL-Q1-26-Press-Release.pdf">reported</a> record revenue and its second consecutive quarter with a profit, versus Wall Street expectations for a loss. Planet Labs is being boosted by rising European defense spending as the U.S. pulls back from the continent.