Global space investment hit a record US$3.5 billion in the third quarter, driven by a wider range of startups and continued defense spending, according to a report released Friday by space-focused investment firm Seraphim Space.<\/p>\n
Investments, from rocket-makers to low\u2011Earth\u2011orbit satellites, jumped from $1.79 billion in the same period last year, solidifying space as a leading growth sector in technology alongside AI.<\/p>\n
Analysts said the record quarter reflects a maturing market, with investment now spread across more companies rather than being dominated by a handful of big-ticket deals.<\/p>\n
\u201cHistorically, most of the capital in the sector was concentrated in just a couple of players, SpaceX and OneWeb,\u201d said Lucas Bishop, investment associate at Seraphim Space.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing now is a far more diverse set of investable companies, signaling that space has evolved into a broader, more mature market.\u201d<\/p>\n
While hardware-focused defense tech firms such as Hadrian, Apex and Hermeus led the top deals in the U.S., China\u2019s Galactic Energy raised the most with a $336 million round last month.<\/p>\n
Funding is increasingly being driven by government efforts to build up domestic space and defense industries in the U.S., China and Europe, the report said.<\/p>\n
Analysts expect the momentum to carry into 2026 as commercial satellite networks expand and governments ramp up procurement, opening new opportunities for dual-use technologies across civilian and defense markets such as OneWeb and SpaceX\u2019s Starshield program.<\/p>\n
Public space companies have surged with Rocket Lab and Planet Labs having more than doubled, while AST SpaceMobile has more than tripled after showcasing satellite-to-phone broadband. <\/p>\n
(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Global space investment hit a record US$3.5 billion in the third quarter, driven by a wider range of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[712,49,48,66,306],"class_list":{"0":"post-203472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}