# Space funding, Q3 2026: $3.29B across 45 private rounds

> Closed private funding rounds into space companies dated July 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, frozen with every counted round listed.

- Canonical page: https://spacenexus.us/funding-tracker/2026-q3
- This Markdown version: https://spacenexus.us/funding-tracker/2026-q3.md
- Data as of: frozen 2026-10-05 00:01 UTC; corrected 2026-10-08 05:41 UTC
- How the numbers are made: https://spacenexus.us/methodology#funding-rounds

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## Headline figures

- Private funding: $3.29B across 45 rounds (29 with a disclosed amount, 16 undisclosed; undisclosed amounts are never estimated)
- Median disclosed round: $25.0M
- Largest round: [K2 Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/k2-space), $500.0M (Series D)
- Q2 2026: $3.42B across 44 rounds; change -3.8%
- Grants, reported beside the total and never summed into it: $11.1M across 1 grant
- Since the freeze, 52 more rounds dated in this quarter were recorded on the live tracker; they are not in this edition.
- Every counted round as CSV: [/api/funding-tracker/quarterly/2026-q3/csv](https://spacenexus.us/api/funding-tracker/quarterly/2026-q3/csv)

## By country

| Country | Rounds | Total (USD) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | $2.18B |
| France | 2 | $450.0M |
| Bulgaria | 1 | $205.0M |
| Spain | 1 | $125.2M |
| India | 3 | $118.5M |
| Switzerland | 1 | $70.0M |
| China | 13 | $59.0M |
| South Korea | 2 | $26.6M |
| Australia | 1 | $25.0M |
| Germany | 2 | $11.6M |
| New Zealand | 1 | $7.3M |
| Portugal | 1 | $6.9M |
| Italy | 1 | $5.1M |
| Lithuania | 1 | $2.8M |
| Japan | 1 | $0 |
| United Kingdom | 1 | $0 |

## By sector

| Sector | Rounds | Total (USD) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| infrastructure | 10 | $1.40B |
| manufacturing | 5 | $1.03B |
| analytics | 7 | $402.9M |
| ground-segment | 1 | $200.0M |
| launch | 9 | $154.6M |
| components | 4 | $41.0M |
| propulsion | 1 | $29.6M |
| satellite | 6 | $24.8M |
| in-space-manufacturing | 1 | $7.3M |
| services | 1 | $5.0M |

## Evidence

- SEC-verified: 2 rounds, $376.0M
- Press-reported: 38 rounds, $2.33B
- Editor-entered: 5 rounds, $587.7M

## Every counted round, largest first

| Date | Company | Stage | Amount (USD) | Lead investors | Evidence | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-30 | [K2 Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/k2-space) | Series D | $500.0M | Kleiner Perkins, ICONIQ | Editor-entered | [GovCon Wire](https://www.govconwire.com/articles/k2-space-500-million-series-d-funding-round) |
| 2026-09-08 | [The Exploration Company](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/the-exploration-company) | Series C | $450.0M | Bessemer Venture Partners, Atomico, Scaleup Europe Fund | Press-reported | [European Spaceflight](https://europeanspaceflight.com/the-exploration-company-raises-450-million-in-series-c-funding/) |
| 2026-07-27 | [Antares Industries](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/antares-industries) | Series C | $370.0M | Paradigm, Caffeinated Capital | SEC-verified | [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/antares-raises-470m-to-build-nuclear-reactors-for-the-u-s-military/) |
| 2026-09-16 | [Impulse Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/impulse-space) | Series D Extension | $308.0M | - | Press-reported | [SatNews](https://satnews.com/2026/09/16/impulse-space-closes-308-million-series-d-extension-to-expand-in-space-transportation-services/) |
| 2026-09-30 | [Varda Space Industries](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/varda-space-industries) | Series D | $251.0M | Lux Capital, Natural Capital | Press-reported | [PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/varda-announces-251-million-series-d-to-scale-space-based-pharmaceutical-processing-302893651.html) |
| 2026-08-20 | [Muon Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/muon-space) | Series C | $250.0M | Eclipse Capital | Press-reported | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/muon-space-raises-250-million-to-ramp-up-satellite-production/) |
| 2026-08-21 | [Starcloud](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/starcloud) | Series A Extension | $250.0M | Manhattan West | Press-reported | [TechCrunch Space](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/21/starcloud-raises-200-million-for-orbital-data-centers-as-launch-options-dry-up/) |
| 2026-09-16 | [EnduroSat](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/endurosat) | - | $205.0M | Riot Ventures, Atreides Management | Press-reported | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/endurosat-raises-205m-notches-vantor-sat-win/) |
| 2026-09-23 | [Hubble Network](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/hubble-network) | Series C | $200.0M | Smith Point Capital | Press-reported | [GeekWire Space](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/hubble-network-raises-200m-to-reach-1-6b-valuation-as-startup-expands-satellite-bluetooth-network/) |
| 2026-09-01 | [PLD Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/pld-space) | Series C Extension | $125.2M | Mitsubishi Electric | Press-reported | [European Spaceflight](https://europeanspaceflight.com/pld-space-adds-e108-million-to-series-c-funding-round/) |
| 2026-09-07 | [Pixxel](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/pixxel) | Series C | $100.0M | Temasek, Seraphim | Press-reported | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/pixxel-raises-100m-series-c-to-fund-next-gen-sats/) |
| 2026-07-16 | [SWISSto12](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/swissto12) | Series C | $70.0M | - | Editor-entered | [Electronics Weekly](https://electronicsweekly.com/news/business/finance/swissto12-70m-raises-series-c-for-hummingsat-development-2026-07/) |
| 2026-07-16 | [LegendSpace](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/legendspace) | Angel | $29.6M | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Sina Finance](https://finance.sina.com.cn/wm/2026-07-16/doc-inihyywa1292901.shtml) |
| 2026-07-07 | [Space Pioneer (Tianbing Technology)](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/space-pioneer) | - | $29.4M | 横店资本 | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Eastmoney (People's Financial News)](https://finance.eastmoney.com/a/202607073796794958.html) |
| 2026-09-21 | [HEO](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/heo) | Series B | $25.0M | Beaten Zone Venture Partners | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [HEO](https://www.heospace.com/resources/stories/heo-raises-us-25-million-to-expand-the-worlds-largest-commercial-non-earth-imaging-network-into-geo) |
| 2026-07-28 | [Array Labs](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/array-labs) | Strategic | $21.0M | Mitsubishi Electric | Press-reported | [SpaceWatch.Global](https://spacewatch.global/2026/07/array-labs-raises-additional-21m-in-strategic-investment-anchored-by-mitsubishi-electric/) |
| 2026-07-13 | [Flexell Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/flexell-space) | Series A | $16.7M | InterVest | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Money Today](https://www.mt.co.kr/future/2026/07/13/2026071309255727964) |
| 2026-07-21 | [deltaVision](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/deltavision) | - | $11.6M | KT Ventures, Valemount Capital | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Futury Capital](https://futurycapital.vc/en/deltavision-raises-e10-2-million-backed-by-industrial-entrepreneurs-with-vc-participation/) |
| 2026-08-04 | [Endeavor Optical Networks](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/endeavor-optical-networks) | Seed | $10.8M | General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz | Editor-entered | [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/04/eon-wants-to-move-the-data-superhighway-from-ocean-fiber-to-space-lasers/) |
| 2026-08-27 | [InspeCity](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/inspecity) | Pre-Series A | $10.5M | Ashish Kacholia, Speciale Invest | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Inc42](https://inc42.com/buzz/inspecity-raises-%E2%82%B9100-cr-to-fund-four-space-missions/) |
| 2026-07-17 | [Beyond Reach Labs](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/beyond-reach-labs) | Seed | $10.0M | Interlagos | Press-reported | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/beyond-reach-labs-raises-10m-seed-moves-to-nyc/) |
| 2026-09-01 | [Insera Solution](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/insera-solution) | Series A | $9.8M | SV Investment | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [StartupN](https://www.startupn.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=59649) |
| 2026-09-01 | [Kepler Aerospace](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/kepler-aerospace) | Seed | $8.0M | Blue Ashva Capital, Finvolve India Accelerator | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Indian Startup News](https://indianstartupnews.com/funding/bengaluru-based-spacetech-startup-kepler-aerospace-raises-8-million-led-by-blue-ashva-capital-others-12479724) |
| 2026-07-29 | [Outlier Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/outlier-space) | Pre-Seed | $7.3M | GD1 | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Outlier Space](https://www.outlier.space/articles/outlier-space-record-pre-seed-funding) |
| 2026-08-05 | [Neuraspace](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/neuraspace) | - | $6.9M | - | Editor-entered | [Payload](https://payloadspace.com/neuraspace-raises-e15-6m-to-scale-its-sda-service/) |
| 2026-07-06 | [Ravee Optics](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/ravee-optics) | Seed | $6.0M | BIG Global Investment JSC | SEC-verified | [Payload](https://payloadspace.com/exclusive-ravee-optics-raises-6m-seed-to-build-compact-laser-terminals/) |
| 2026-07-21 | [ORiS](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/oris) | Pre-Seed | $5.1M | Earlybird, Pitchdrive | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [CDP Venture Capital](https://www.cdpventurecapital.it/en/news.page?contentId=COM52555) |
| 2026-09-30 | [Charter Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/charter-space) | Seed | $5.0M | Crystal Venture Partners | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/charter-space-raises-5m-to-bring-insurance-to-the-stars/) |
| 2026-09-30 | [Blackswan Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/blackswan-space) | Seed | $2.8M | Iron Wolf Capital | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Payload](https://payloadspace.com/blackswan-space-raises-e2-5m-seed-to-fund-rpo-kit-demo/) |
| 2026-07-02 | [Hongqing Technology](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/hongqing-technology) | Pre-B | stated as CNY 1,300,000,000 | CCB Investment, ICBC Capital, Jinpu Capital | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Beijing News](https://m.bjnews.com.cn/detail/1782960706129988.html) |
| 2026-07-04 | [Chang Guang Satellite Technology](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/chang-guang-satellite) | - | stated as CNY 5,000,000,000 | 长发集团, 陆石投资 | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Caijing via Sina Finance](https://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2026-07-06/doc-inifwmvs1874097.shtml) |
| 2026-07-21 | [Galactic Energy](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/galactic-energy) | Pre-IPO | undisclosed | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Taibo (泰伯网)](https://www.taibo.cn/p/99554) |
| 2026-07-22 | [Xingchen Daohe](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/xingchen-daohe) | - | stated as CNY 100,000,000 | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Pedaily via Sina Finance](https://finance.sina.com.cn/jjxw/2026-07-22/doc-iniispne4719227.shtml) |
| 2026-08-05 | [Orienspace](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/orienspace) | Pre-C | undisclosed | - | Editor-entered | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/chinese-launch-startup-orienspace-targets-ipo-secures-funding-for-reusable-gravity-2-rocket/) |
| 2026-08-20 | [Letara](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/letara) | Pre-Series A | stated as JPY 2,600,000,000 | Headline Asia, JIC Venture Growth Investments, Incubate Fund | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Letara](https://www.letaranext.com/blog/letara-raises-2-6-billion-yen-pre-series-a-round-low-cost-rocket-engines) |
| 2026-08-21 | [StarRF](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/starrf) | Pre-A | undisclosed | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [SpaceNews](https://spacenews.com/chinese-radio-frequency-intelligence-startup-starrf-closes-new-funding-round/) |
| 2026-08-24 | [Chuanyuezhe](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/chuanyuezhe) | Pre-A+ | undisclosed | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Huxiu](https://www.huxiu.com/moment/1273786.html) |
| 2026-08-25 | [ArcSpace](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/arcspace) | Seed | stated as EUR 2,000,000 | DEPO Ventures | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [EU-Startups](https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/08/french-spacetech-startup-arcspace-secures-over-e2-million-for-in-orbit-satellite-servicing-and-repair/) |
| 2026-09-02 | [HyImpulse](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/hyimpulse) | Series A Extension | stated as EUR 50,000,000 | JOIN Capital, Ace Capital Partners | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [European Spaceflight](https://europeanspaceflight.com/hyimpulse-extends-series-a-funding-round-by-e50-million) |
| 2026-09-08 | [Stoke Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/stoke-space) | Series E | stated as USD 1,000,000,000 | Point72 Ventures, Spark Capital | Press-reported | [GeekWire Space](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/stoke-space-billion-upsize-nova-rocket/) |
| 2026-09-11 | [Xingce Weilai](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/xingce-weilai) | A+ and A++ | undisclosed | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Taibo](https://www.taibo.cn/newsflashes/31550912) |
| 2026-09-14 | [Open Cosmos](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/open-cosmos) | Series C | stated as EUR 300,000,000 | Lightrock, ETF Partners | Press-reported | [Payload Space](https://payloadspace.com/open-cosmos-raises-e300m-funding-round/) |
| 2026-09-16 | [Space Epoch](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/space-epoch) | Series B++ | undisclosed | IDG Capital, Chaos Investment, Hangzhou Capital, Songyuan Ventures | Press-reported | [SatNews](https://satnews.com/2026/09/23/space-epoch-secures-343-million-series-b-funding-to-advance-reusable-methalox-launch-vehicle/) |
| 2026-09-24 | [Deep Blue Aerospace](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/deep-blue-aerospace) | Series B6 + B7 | stated as CNY 2,000,000,000 | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Pedaily (投资界)](https://news.pedaily.cn/202609/569589.shtml) |
| 2026-09-29 | [Z-Trak Space](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/z-trak-space) | Angel+ | stated as CNY 100,000,000 | - | Press-reported, editor-reviewed | [Jiemian](https://www.jiemian.com/article/15152919.html) |

## What this edition counts

- This edition counts closed private funding rounds into space companies dated July 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026, as recorded in the SpaceNexus funding database when the edition was frozen on October 5, 2026. A round reported after the freeze is on the live tracker, not in this edition; the edition page says how many there are.
- Private funding counts 45 of the 56 capital events recorded in the quarter: priced equity rounds from seed to late stage, growth and strategic rounds and bridges. A convertible note or SAFE recorded on its own counts only once it converts into a priced round; until then it is debt and is reported separately. Grants are public money, not investment, and are reported separately.
- Not counted, and reported separately with their own totals: grants (labelled as grants) (1, $11.1M); private rounds and grants into companies not classed as space (defense and other cross-domain companies without a space subsector) (3, $2.26B); debt financing (3, $723.0M); state capital (government or state-owned funds) (3, $1.04B); instrument not stated (held until a source says the money is equity) (1, $0).
- Each row is classified from its own recorded round type and stage label. A private placement into a listed company counts as a listed-company offering; "Pre-IPO" is a private round.
- A company counts as listed from its first trading day on a stock exchange (or the close of its SPAC merger). Rounds dated before that day are its private history and count as private funding like any other private round. Where a listed company’s listing date is not yet recorded, its current listing status decides and the row is marked "listing date not yet recorded".
- Only rounds into space companies count. A company counts as space when its own recorded sector is space work (launch, satellites, ground segment, earth observation, in-space infrastructure and the like). Defense, aerospace, government and military companies count only when their recorded subsector names space work, so a defense company's rounds are excluded unless the company is space-specific (True Anomaly counts; Anduril does not). A company with no recorded sector is excluded. Excluded rounds are listed separately, never deleted.
- 16 counted rounds have no disclosed amount and add $0, so the totals are a floor, not an estimate.
- Lead investors are split into co-leads ("Eclipse / Riot Ventures" is two leads). A co-led round counts in full for each co-lead, so the lead-investor totals can add up to more than the quarter.
- Sector attribution follows the company profile, so a company that changed sector is reported under its current one in both quarters.
- The comparison with Q2 2026 uses the frozen Q2 2026 edition (frozen September 29, 2026), not the live record, so a late-reported Q2 2026 round cannot move it.
- Announced raises that have not closed ("Raising now": a company says it is raising, or a report says it is in talks) are never counted. Only a closed round is a round.
- Evidence: 2 sec-verified, 38 press-reported, 5 editor-entered. SEC-verified means the round was matched to an SEC Form D filing; press-reported means it was taken from a cited news report or company announcement and not yet matched to a filing; editor-entered means an editor recorded it by hand.
- 10 rounds were stated only as a floor or an approximation ("more than", "about"). They count as a round, the stated figure is shown and in the CSV, and nothing is added to the dollar total until a source gives an exact figure.
- Rounds announced in another currency are converted to US dollars at the reference rate recorded on the round; the original amount is in the CSV.
- Every figure is computed from our own records; nothing in this edition is model-written.

## Corrections

- 2026-10-05: Corrected 2026-10-05 after an independent fact-check of every row. First frozen on 2026-10-05 at $14,500,175,077 across 23 rounds; now $2,900,403,465 across 44 rounds (16 with no dollar figure). Blue Origin's reported $10 billion round has not closed (its CEO to CNBC, 2026-09-30), so it is listed under Raising now and not counted. Hadrian ($1.37 billion) is recorded as a defense and industrial manufacturer, and its round announcement describes defense, aerospace and industrial work rather than space: it is listed beside the total, as Castelion and Venus Aerospace are. Open Cosmos's EUR 300 million includes a venture debt tranche of undisclosed size, and Orienspace's "several hundred million yuan" is not an exact figure: both count as rounds with no dollar figure. Neuraspace is converted at the ECB rate of its announcement day (+$9,323). 23 closed rounds the first freeze missed are added after a second independent check (11 with an exact figure, +$131,549,065; 12 with no dollar figure). Beside the total: Castelion is $800 million of equity plus a $250 million credit facility (debt), and BlackSky's $150 million of share sales took place in Q2 and moved there. Announcement dates, round labels and lead investors are corrected for Interlune (a SAFE), Space Epoch, Array Labs, Pixxel, EnduroSat, Ravee Optics and others.
- 2026-10-05: Corrected 2026-10-05 (second): SpaceSail's CNY 6.976 billion round, mostly from state-owned funds, is now listed beside the total as state capital; the private-funding headline is unchanged.
- 2026-10-07: Corrected after the October 2026 independent fact-check of private companies' funding rows (Q3 2026 rows). Antares's July 2026 Series C is added: $370 million of equity; the $100 million of debt announced with it is not added in. Chang Guang Satellite's round of nearly RMB 5 billion keeps no dollar figure (an approximation); the stated figure, its co-lead investors and the company's own announcement are recorded. Galactic Energy's July 2026 D+ round of several hundred million yuan, mostly from state investment platforms, is added as state capital with no dollar figure. Galactic Energy's Pre-IPO round of several billion yuan is added with no dollar figure: no exact amount was stated. HyImpulse's Series A extension of more than EUR 50 million keeps no dollar figure (a floor); the stated figure and its co-lead investors are recorded. Insera Solution's Series A lead investor, SV Investment, is confirmed against its source. Orbit Fab's "$20 million Series B" of March 2026 was a signed term sheet, not a closed round: the row now records the more than $25 million of interim financing led by Stride Capital that the company announced on 7 July 2026, with no dollar figure (a floor), so it moves into this quarter. Space Pioneer's July 2026 round of CNY 200 million from Hengdian Capital is added, converted at the ECB rate of 7 July 2026: $29,439,938. Rows counted in the private-funding total: Antares Industries, Chang Guang Satellite Technology, Galactic Energy, HyImpulse, Insera Solution, Orbit Fab, Space Pioneer (Tianbing Technology). Rows listed beside the total, never added in: Galactic Energy (state capital).
- 2026-10-07: The Q2 2026 edition was corrected on 7 October 2026; the comparison now reads the corrected figure: $3,460,599,648 across 48 rounds, was $3,344,329,319 across 46, so the change against Q2 2026 is -4.6%, was -1.3%; the sector comparisons read the corrected Q2 2026 edition too. This edition's own rounds and totals are unchanged.
- 2026-10-08: Corrected after the October 2026 Research accuracy review and the full re-verification of 2026 funding rows (Q3 2026). Orbit Fab's "more than $25M in interim financing" is held out: no source states the instrument (rule 1, instrument not stated). Interlune's $5,000,000 September raise is a SAFE that has not converted, so it is debt under rule 1 and not a private round; with no company announcement it is dated to its Form D first sale, 31 August 2026. Xingyi Lianxin's A+ and A++ rounds are state capital, not private funding: both were led by government-owned investors (rule 3). The edition now reads $3,294,843,403 across 45 rounds (was $3,299,843,403 across 48).

## Sources

- Each round's cited source: SEC Form D filings, company announcements and press reports, linked per round above

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