Investment in space tech driven by defense-linked systemsU.S. leads with $7.3 billion in space funding, driven by defense programsPotential SpaceX IPO seen as catalyst \u200bfor SpaceTech investment growth<\/p>\n
Jan 19 (Reuters) – Global investment in space \u200ctechnology is poised to climb further in 2026, propelled by government spending on defense-linked satellite systems and private sector bets on launch capacity, investment firm Seraphim Space said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Space infrastructure is being increasingly viewed as a strategic national priority, with countries \u200ccompeting for investments to secure a geopolitical advantage.<\/p>\n
Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n Investors expect \u200bthe funding momentum to be driven by spending on sovereign satellite and missile-defense systems, integration of AI into space hardware and analytics, and the prospect \u200dof a SpaceX IPO, Seraphim Space said.<\/p>\n “A potential SpaceX IPO could act as a powerful catalyst, further validating SpaceTech as a mainstream asset class and opening a clearer \u2060path to IPOs for a growing cohort of late-stage SpaceTech companies,” \u200dsaid Lucas Bishop, investment analyst at Seraphim Space.<\/p>\n Investments in the sector hit record levels in \u200c2025, with \u200cprivate investment growing 48% to $12.4 billion, including $3.8 billion in the final quarter, according to data from Seraphim Space.<\/p>\n Funding surpassed the previous peak set in 2021 and marked a full recovery from the sector’s 2022 downturn, outperforming \u2060the broader venture \u2060capital market.<\/p>\n The U.S. dominated \u200binvestment last year with $7.3 billion, or about 60% of global funding, driven by heavy spending on launch services and defense-related programs such as the Pentagon’s Golden \u200dDome initiative.<\/p>\n U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in December designating space as a core national security and economic priority, a move investors expect to lift funding \u200bfor the sector.<\/p>\n The sector saw more modest growth in \u200dEurope, while investments in Asia remained elevated, with China contributing roughly $2 billion as it accelerated domestic launch \u200band satellite manufacturing.<\/p>\n Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Leroy Leo<\/p>\n Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab<\/a><\/p>\n Purchase Licensing Rights<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n Akash reports on technology companies in the United States, electric vehicle companies, and the space industry. His reporting usually appears in the Autos & Transportation and Technology sections. He has a postgraduate degree in Conflict, Development, and Security from the University of Leeds. Akash’s interests include music, football (soccer), and Formula 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Investment in space tech driven by defense-linked systemsU.S. leads with $7.3 billion in space funding, driven by defense…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[114306,114307,111412,111830,112795,111396,117339,111419,111420,114319,111418,4672,111832,7810,19356,61,114308,114309,112232,112233,118940,60,112267,111414,114320,113300,113855,112773,112800,82,117341,247,114310,114313,114311,216,3240,90],"class_list":["post-253824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-aer","tag-aero","tag-amers","tag-bisv","tag-blr","tag-cmpny","tag-cwp","tag-destocabsm","tag-destousbsm","tag-destousscm","tag-destoustcm","tag-fin","tag-fins","tag-fund","tag-gen","tag-ie","tag-indg","tag-inds","tag-invbis","tag-invm","tag-invman","tag-ireland","tag-mtpix","tag-namer","tag-packageus-science","tag-privt","tag-pve","tag-pxp","tag-sci","tag-science","tag-secur","tag-space","tag-spacem","tag-spc","tag-spex","tag-tech","tag-tmt","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}