Reuters reports a merger would give Musk voting control via SpaceX's existing supervoting shares without clearing any Tesla pay-plan milestone, and a far sma...
Globalstar files its own FCC comment echoing SpaceX's and Ligado's concerns about the Rocket Lab-Iridium deal, while Rocket Lab and Iridium ask the FCC to di...
SpaceX is negotiating to buy or lease Boost Mobile's network from EchoStar for Starlink Mobile, per the Washington Post.
Per Boost Mobile founder Peter Adderton: AST SpaceMobile "needs to pivot, and pivot FAST" against SpaceX's wireless push.
Per ARK Invest: a Tesla-SpaceX merger within five years could hit $2.7 trillion in 2031 operating profit.
Tesla director Ira Ehrenpreis, who chairs Tesla's compensation and governance committees, also sits on SpaceX's board, a dual role critics say undercuts the...
The FCC approves the transfer of Globalstar's satellite licenses to Amazon, clearing a key regulatory condition toward the deal's expected 2027 close.
The FCC approved transferring Globalstar's satellite licenses to Amazon, clearing the way for their $11.57 billion merger.
Per Barclays: a SpaceX-Tesla merger is now "a key part of" Tesla's bull case, with a new $450 price target.
Reuters reports Musk's public disclosure of the merger talks has unsettled some people involved, who worry it could invite shareholder scrutiny and delay the...
Musk says on the earnings call that a merger "would be a good idea," citing AI-compute, chip and connectivity synergies, though shareholders would still have...
Musk says independent-director committees are evaluating combining the companies, calling a deal 'far from certain.'
Per RBC's Tom Narayan: an all-stock SpaceX takeover of Tesla at $480 a share would value the combined company at $3.74 trillion.
Per Barclays: Tesla and SpaceX could merge before Tesla's Dec. 6 meeting, in an all-stock deal led by SpaceX.
Czech defense group CSG bought a 9.5% equity stake in MDA Space for about $434 million, its first move into the space sector.
WISeSat.Space completed its SPAC merger with Columbus Acquisition Corp. and began trading on Nasdaq as SAIQ.
Meridian says SpinLaunch is not for sale, and named its Kongsberg NanoAvionics-built demo satellite and France and Miami ground-test sites ahead of Thursday'...
NorthStar's previously announced SPAC deal with Viking Acquisition closed today, taking the space-tracking company public.
SpinLaunch's satcom unit Meridian Space becomes an independent company, weeks before its first in-space demo.
Satellite maker Astro Digital is going public via a SPAC merger with Proem Acquisition Corp I at a $587 million enterprise value.
Per Rocket Lab CFO Adam Spice: the company plans more acquisitions to broaden capabilities beyond the pending Iridium deal.
Iridium stockholders voted about 99.6% in favor to adopt the merger agreement with Rocket Lab, per a joint SEC filing.
The FCC accepted the companies' license-transfer applications for filing on September 16, opening a public-comment period running through November 9, per Sto...
Rocket Lab finished raising $1.944 billion via stock sales, securing the cash it needs for the Iridium acquisition.
Abu Dhabi conglomerate IHC is buying a majority stake in Marlan Holding, parent of satellite-infrastructure firm Marlan Space.
SpaceX urged the FCC to examine Iridium's history of anticompetitive filings as regulators review Rocket Lab's proposed Iridium acquisition.
CesiumAstro's third defense acquisition of 2026 adds 1Aardvark's mission software for contested, disconnected environments.
SpaceX disclosed in a June 16 SEC 8-K that it agreed to acquire Anysphere, the developer of the AI coding tool Cursor, in an all-stock merger implying a $60....
Lynk and Omnispace closed their merger as Elveo Mobile, and investor SES announced an expanded D2D investment and collaboration.
CesiumAstro is buying RF chipmaker Jariet Technologies to build its own satellite semiconductors in-house.
The reusable-spaceplane startup will merge with Pono Capital Four, targeting a Q1 2027 close.
AE Industrial closed its $845 million majority buy of L3Harris's space propulsion unit, relaunched as Rocketdyne.
ETL Systems buys Croatian software specialist Amphinicy to broaden its satellite ground-segment portfolio.
Contrivian folded networking-software maker Big Network into its Starlink-plus-terrestrial connectivity platform.
Voyager closed its acquisition of lunar lander maker Astrobotic, now renamed Voyager Lunar Systems.
MDA Space is acquiring a 70% stake in French EO data analytics firm CLS for 567 million euros, per SpaceNews.
York Space Systems closed its purchase of satcom terminal maker All.Space at $300 million, down from the $355 million first announced.
On July 6, 2026, Iridium said it completed its acquisition of the remaining 61% of Aireon, the space-based air-traffic-surveillance venture it did not alread...
Mitsubishi Electric took full ownership of Japanese ground-station-as-a-service provider Infostellar; terms undisclosed.
Rocket Lab agreed to acquire Iridium Communications in a cash-and-stock deal valuing Iridium at about $8 billion enterprise value.
Rocket Lab and Iridium Communications said they signed a definitive agreement for Rocket Lab to acquire all outstanding Iridium common stock, per a joint press release filed as an exhibit to Rocket Lab's 8-K with the SEC on June 29, 2026. Iridium stockholders will receive $27.00 in cash plus Rocket Lab shares under an exchange ratio collared between $67.50 and $112.50, a structure the companies say has a notional value of $54.00 per Iridium share and implies an $8.0 billion enterprise value. Both boards approved the deal unanimously, Rocket Lab has commitments for a $3.6 billion bridge loan from Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo, and the companies expect to close in mid-2027 subject to Iridium stockholder and regulatory approval. On July 6, 2026, Iridium said it completed its acquisition of the remaining 61% of Aireon, the space-based air-traffic-surveillance venture it did not already own, paying about $367 million to providers in Canada, England, Denmark, Ireland, and Italy, per SpaceNews, consolidating Aireon as a wholly owned subsidiary ahead of the Rocket Lab deal's close. The FCC accepted the companies' license-transfer applications for filing on September 16, opening a public-comment period running through November 9, per Stocktwits; Iridium's shareholders are scheduled to vote on the merger at a special meeting on September 24, per Iridium's definitive proxy filing as reported by TradingView. Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said September 22 that Iridium's L-band spectrum, not its satellites, is the deal's core asset: "Spectrum is physics. You can't just magic up spectrum," he said, estimating Rocket Lab could have deployed a comparable constellation for roughly $350 million instead of the deal's $8 billion price, per Stocktwits.
The Blue Ghost descent-navigation supplier joins Firefly; no deal terms were disclosed in the announcement.
The all-cash deal buys RTX's smallsat bus maker, 400+ staff and two Denver plants, closing by end of 2026 pending CFIUS.
SpaceX's Cursor acquisition became effective Aug. 14, converting Cursor into a wholly owned SpaceXAI division.
Voyager will acquire lunar lander pioneer Astrobotic for up to $300 million in cash and stock, expected to close by early July 2026.
CASIC's Aerospace Sanjiang sold a 29.6% ExPace stake to Wuhan state investors for about 3.3 billion yuan, ending its majority control.
Amazon Leo will absorb Globalstar's satellite fleet and direct-to-device spectrum rights in a deal expected to close in 2027.
Amazon agreed April 14, 2026 to acquire Globalstar for up to $90 per share in cash or Amazon stock, a deal worth roughly $11.6 billion, per Amazon's own release. Globalstar shareholders holding about 58% of voting power approved the deal by written consent. Closing is expected in 2027, subject to regulatory approvals and Globalstar meeting satellite-deployment milestones tied to its HIBLEO-4 replacement constellation, with up to $110 million of downward price adjustment if those milestones are missed, per Amazon and IoT Business News. Amazon said it will use Globalstar's direct-to-device spectrum licenses and more than 30 years of low Earth orbit satellite operations expertise to build a next-generation Amazon Leo direct-to-device system. Globalstar CEO Paul Jacobs said the combination "will advance innovations in digital connectivity," and Apple SVP Greg Joswiak noted Apple and Amazon's existing infrastructure relationship, per Amazon's release. The FCC approved the transfer of Globalstar's licenses to Amazon on Oct. 27, finding no competitive harm and noting the deal would let Amazon Leo offer direct-to-device service to underserved areas and improve emergency communications, per Via Satellite and Light Reading; the commission dismissed a competing bidder's objection due to a separate arbitration dispute.
OHB CEO Marco Fuchs said OHB will raise formal concerns during the EU's antitrust review of the Airbus-Leonardo-Thales space merger.
Airbus, Leonardo and Thales signed an MOU to combine space units into one company with 25,000 staff and EUR 6.5bn revenue.
Airbus, Leonardo and Thales signed a memorandum of understanding on October 23, 2025 to combine their space businesses into a new, jointly controlled company, per Via Satellite. Airbus will hold 35% of the new venture and Leonardo and Thales 32.5% each; the combination pools Airbus's Space Systems and Space Digital units, Leonardo's Space Division including its stakes in Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space, and Thales's own shares in Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio and Thales SESO (launchers are excluded). The companies project the venture will have about 25,000 employees across Europe, roughly EUR 6.5 billion in pro-forma 2024 revenue, and a backlog covering more than three years of sales, with operations expected to start in 2027 subject to regulatory approvals.