BlackSky Technology Inc.

Redwire Corporation

Voyager Technologies, 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

Coinbase Global, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

Daily review and forecast of events on the US stock market from&nbsp;Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: market awaits Trump's decision on Iran strikes

SpaceX has about $4 billion worth of government contracts with NASA


Musk's most powerful SpaceX rocket exploded during testing for the fourth time this year

Tesla, Inc.

Ilon Musk's company Neuralink's tests on monkeys have shown that scientists are able to translate an image into the brain using an implant. In the long term, this technology could help the blind see. Musk's other companies are also making progress. According to trading platform Caplight, the combined valuations of SpaceX, Neuralink, The Boring Company and xAI on the secondary market for private company stocks rose 45% in the four months after the U.S. election.

Neuralink helped a monkey "see" non-existent things. What is the market interested in Musk's startups?

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

Shares of Sidus Space, a space services company, <a href="https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/sidu">plummeted</a> around 16% in trading on Tuesday, October 15, following the <a href="https://ir.stockpr.com/sidusspace/sec-filings-email/content/0001493152-24-041072/forms-1.htm">announcement</a> of the company’s third stock offering this year. The latest is expected to nearly double the company's outstanding shares.

Sidus Space sells off after new stock offering announced

Shares of telecom company AST SpaceMobile, which aims to compete with <strong>Elon Musk</strong>'s SpaceX, have skyrocketed over 1,300% since April, when they hit an all-time low. The growth makes AST SpaceMobile the top-performing stock in the small-cap Russell 2000 index over the last six months, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-11/spacex-s-tiny-rival-soars-1-300-now-comes-the-satellite-launch?sref=Y0jVLcFo">reports</a>. The latest gains are attributable to the launch of the company’s first satellites today, Thursday, September 12.

Shares of SpaceX's small competitor now up over 1,300% since April

Founded in 1987, Israel’s Gilat Satellite Networks is a veteran in the satellite communication market and is <a href="https://www.mordorintelligence.com/ru/industry-reports/satellite-ground-equipment-market">ranked</a> in the top five globally in satellite ground equipment, according to Mordor Intelligence. Over the years, the company has weathered the financial crisis and the dot-com bubble. Gilat's new goal is to become the leading supplier of in-flight connectivity (IFC) equipment. With in-flight Wi-Fi becoming a differentiating tool for airlines, this market looks promising, which bodes well for Gilat’s stock, suggests investment bank Needham.