Space Score · weekly edition 2026-W43 The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
The largest changes in the SpaceNexus Space Score this week, with the inputs behind each one. Every explanation is computed from the stored readings: no AI, no editorial judgement. How the score works.
Compared with last week’s edition (2026-W42, inputs measured Oct 10, 2026).
This edition: inputs measured Oct 19, 2026 (02:10 UTC), methodology v6, 94 companies ranked. Of 91 ranked in both readings, 10 rose, 80 fell and 1 did not change.
Each input’s change is split by size. The part that records dated inside the period account for (a funding round, federal award or launch, by its own date, not the day we stored it) is a company event, and so is a market-value move or a change in the count of open roles on the company’s own job board. The rest is a data update: late records, corrections, newly searched companies, records leaving a rolling window, or a restarted job-board series. A move is listed as a mover only when events account for at least half of its points; moves caused mainly by data updates are listed separately under Data updates. 28 moves came only from other companies’ values changing and are not listed.
No movers in this edition. No ranked company moved mainly because of an event dated in the period.
These scores moved mainly because our records changed, not because of something the company did in the period: a record added late, a correction, a company newly searched or matched, or an older record leaving a rolling window. Each input is labelled. Showing the 25 largest of 62; every change is in the table below.
Down 151 points
Score 600 → 449 · rank 37 → 52 (down 15 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 152 · other companies’ values 2
Down 133 points
Score 631 → 498 · rank 32 → =43 (down 11 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 133
Down 132 points
Score 697 → 565 · rank 17 → 32 (down 15 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 134 · other companies’ values 2
Up 122 points
Score 277 → 399 · rank 112 → 59 (up 53 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 122
Down 110 points
Score 629 → 519 · rank =33 → 37 (down 4 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 109 · other companies’ values 1
Down 102 points
Score 451 → 349 · rank 63 → 67 (down 4 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 93 · other companies’ values 9
Down 100 points
Score 648 → 548 · rank =27 → 35 (down 8 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 100
Down 83 points
Score 779 → 696 · rank 9 → 14 (down 5 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 70 · other companies’ values 13
Down 79 points
Score 302 → 223 · rank 101 → 83 (up 18 places)
Gross points by cause: company events 5 · data updates 74
Down 73 points
Score 271 → 198 · rank 113 → 88 (up 25 places)
Gross points by cause: company events 1 · data updates 72
Down 73 points
Score 585 → 512 · rank 41 → 39 (up 2 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 74
Down 65 points
Score 368 → 303 · rank 83 → 70 (up 13 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 64
Down 62 points
Score 674 → 612 · rank 19 → =24 (down 5 places)
Gross points by cause: company events 2 · data updates 58 · other companies’ values 2
Down 61 points
Score 553 → 492 · rank 46 → 46 (rank unchanged)
Gross points by cause: company events 1 · data updates 59 · other companies’ values 1
Down 56 points
Score 306 → 250 · rank 100 → 82 (up 18 places)
Gross points by cause: company events 2 · data updates 53 · other companies’ values 1
Up 54 points
Score 441 → 495 · rank 67 → 45 (up 22 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 54
Down 53 points
Score 700 → 647 · rank =15 → 18 (down 3 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 53
Down 53 points
Score 637 → 584 · rank 31 → 29 (up 2 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 54 · other companies’ values 1
Down 51 points
Score 265 → 214 · rank 117 → 84 (up 33 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 49 · other companies’ values 2
Up 51 points
Score 337 → 388 · rank 90 → 60 (up 30 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 49 · other companies’ values 2
Up 49 points
Score 666 → 715 · rank =21 → 12 (up 9 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 48 · other companies’ values 1
Down 40 points
Score 326 → 286 · rank 92 → =72 (up 20 places)
Gross points by cause: company events 8 · data updates 33
Down 39 points
Score 216 → 177 · rank 138 → 90 (up 48 places)
Gross points by cause: data updates 38
Down 37 points
Score 419 → 382 · rank 72 → 61 (up 11 places)
Gross points by cause: company events 6 · data updates 29 · other companies’ values 3
Down 36 points
Score 648 → 612 · rank =27 → =24 (up 3 places)
Gross points by cause: company events 3 · data updates 31 · other companies’ values 2
| # | Company | Score The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice. | Change | Scale | Gov. space | Capital access | Momentum | Flight record | Data |
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| 1 | SpaceX | 893 | down −4 data update | 94 | 96 | n/a | 58 | 100 | High · 100% |
| 2 | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation | 866 | down −2 data update | 99 | n/a | n/a | no data | 95 | Medium · 77% |
| 3 | L3Harris Technologies | 798 | down −10 data update | 89 | 80 | n/a | 61 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 4 | Northrop Grumman | 796 | up +2 | 93 | 82 | n/a | 87 | 52 | High · 100% |
| 5 | Boeing | 785 | no change | 99 | 83 | n/a | 32 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 6 | Lockheed Martin | 780 | down −1 data update | 97 | 81 | n/a | 37 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 7 | Viasat | 772 | down −24 | 70 | 83 | n/a | 84 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 8 | China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation | 770 | down −11 | 99 | n/a | n/a | no data | 65 | Medium · 77% |
| 9 | Sierra Space | 731 | down −31 data update | 61 | 82 | 95 | 63 | n/a | High · 100% |
| =10 | Rocket Lab | 728 | down −28 data update | 74 | 88 | n/a | 26 | 90 | High · 100% |
| =10 | EchoStar | 728 | down −9 data update | 82 | 77 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| 12 | Lunar Outpost | 715 | up +49 data update | no data | 90 | 75 | 97 | n/a | Medium · 63% |
| 13 | Intuitive Machines | 707 | down −13 data update | 51 | 94 | n/a | 79 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 14 | Axiom Space | 696 | down −83 data update | 50 | 94 | no data | 95 | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| 15 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | 693 | down −7 data update | 93 | n/a | n/a | no data | 48 | Medium · 77% |
| 16 | ICEYE | 688 | down −43 | 65 | n/a | 96 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 17 | Vast | 665 | down −1 data update | 56 | 87 | no data | 76 | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| 18 | United Launch Alliance | 647 | down −53 data update | 68 | 94 | n/a | 3 | 77 | High · 100% |
| 19 | Starfish Space | 633 | down −8 data update | 19 | 85 | 86 | 100 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 20 | CAS Space | 630 | down −29 data update | 55 | n/a | n/a | no data | 85 | Medium · 77% |
| 21 | Loft Orbital | 628 | down −32 | 28 | 89 | 88 | 71 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 22 | Astranis | 623 | down −44 | 44 | 88 | 91 | 35 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 23 | Iridium Communications | 622 | down −34 data update | 54 | 91 | n/a | 40 | n/a | High · 100% |
| =24 | Globalstar | 612 | down −62 data update | 56 | 77 | n/a | 50 | n/a | High · 100% |
| =24 | Planet Labs | 612 | down −36 data update | 57 | 83 | n/a | 42 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 26 | Voyager Space | 603 | down −26 data update | 44 | 90 | n/a | 53 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 27 | iSpace (China) | 601 | new | 47 | n/a | 97 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 28 | Impulse Space | 585 | down −4 data update | 48 | 88 | 98 | 0 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 29 | Stoke Space | 584 | down −53 data update | no data | 89 | 99 | 5 | n/a | Medium · 63% |
| 30 | PLD Space | 581 | down −20 data update | 45 | n/a | 92 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 31 | HawkEye 360 | 573 | down −35 data update | 38 | 87 | n/a | 55 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 32 | Blue Origin | 565 | down −132 data update | no data | 96 | no data | 66 | 33 | Medium · 55% |
| 33 | EnduroSat | 558 | down −11 data update | 40 | n/a | 92 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 34 | Redwire | 557 | down −31 data update | 52 | 82 | n/a | 29 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 35 | KSAT | 548 | down −100 data update | 49 | 87 | n/a | 24 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 36 | D-Orbit | 524 | down −126 | 40 | n/a | 79 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 37 | Gravitics | 519 | down −110 data update | 3 | 83 | 69 | 92 | n/a | High · 100% |
| 38 | Firefly Aerospace | 517 | down −13 data update | 55 | 92 | n/a | 21 | 30 | High · 100% |
| 39 | Isar Aerospace | 512 | down −73 data update | 44 | n/a | 94 | no data | 30 | Medium · 81% |
| 40 | LandSpace | 510 | down −17 data update | 64 | n/a | 0 | no data | 70 | Medium · 81% |
| 41 | Israel Aerospace Industries | 505 | down −28 data update | 84 | n/a | n/a | no data | 0 | Medium · 77% |
| 42 | Gilmour Space | 504 | down −35 data update | 32 | n/a | 88 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| =43 | Interstellar Technologies | 498 | up +25 data update | 36 | n/a | 77 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| =43 | Open Cosmos | 498 | down −133 data update | 30 | n/a | 90 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 45 | Turion Space | 495 | up +54 data update | 32 | 75 | no data | no data | n/a | Medium · 63% |
| 46 | Spire Global | 492 | down −61 data update | 28 | 81 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| 47 | Skyroot Aerospace | 490 | up +2 | 45 | n/a | 80 | no data | 30 | Medium · 81% |
| 48 | Arianespace | 470 | down −96 | 25 | n/a | n/a | no data | 77 | Medium · 77% |
| 49 | Moog Inc. | 466 | down −14 data update | 76 | 0 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| 50 | Rhea Space Activity | 463 | down −4 | no data | 78 | 39 | 16 | n/a | Medium · 63% |
| 51 | K2 Space | 453 | up +11 data update | 47 | 0 | 98 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| 52 | Fleet Space Technologies | 449 | down −151 data update | 23 | n/a | 84 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 53 | The Exploration Company | 446 | down −57 | 16 | n/a | 96 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 54 | Digantara | 431 | down −17 data update | 22 | n/a | 78 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| =55 | AST SpaceMobile | 430 | down −12 data update | 68 | 0 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| =55 | Muon Space | 430 | up +35 data update | no data | 0 | 91 | 50 | n/a | Medium · 63% |
| 57 | True Anomaly | 418 | down −34 data update | 38 | 0 | 97 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| 58 | OroraTech | 414 | new | 31 | n/a | 53 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 59 | Cognitive Space | 399 | up +122 data update | no data | 79 | 0 | 18 | n/a | Medium · 63% |
| 60 | Starcloud | 388 | up +51 data update | 32 | 0 | 94 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| 61 | Mercury Systems | 382 | down −37 data update | 58 | 0 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| 62 | Dawn Aerospace | 381 | up +1 data update | 19 | n/a | 65 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 63 | U-Space | 375 | down −59 | 16 | n/a | 67 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 64 | Apex | 374 | down −15 data update | 28 | 0 | 93 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| 65 | Observable Space | 363 | new | 30 | 0 | 83 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| 66 | Interlune | 352 | down −13 | 4 | 70 | 37 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| 67 | Agnikul Cosmos | 349 | down −102 data update | 16 | n/a | 57 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 68 | UNIVITY | 338 | down −43 | 7 | n/a | 71 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 69 | Look Up Space | 327 | down −35 | 7 | n/a | 67 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 70 | Orbcomm | 303 | down −65 data update | 56 | 0 | 0 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| 71 | Leanspace | 287 | down −36 | 7 | n/a | 51 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| =72 | Portal Space | 286 | down −27 | 10 | 0 | 82 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| =72 | Astroscale | 286 | down −40 data update | 37 | 0 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| =72 | Dhruva Space | 286 | down −25 data update | 32 | n/a | 0 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| =75 | Inversion Space | 283 | down −33 data update | 13 | 0 | 76 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| =75 | York Space Systems | 283 | down −55 | 36 | 0 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| =75 | Skynopy | 283 | down −3 | 2 | n/a | 60 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 78 | Comtech Telecommunications | 269 | down −29 data update | 33 | 0 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| 79 | Infinite Orbits | 265 | down −24 | 7 | 0 | 77 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| =80 | Cailabs | 251 | down −104 | 25 | n/a | 0 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| =80 | Exotrail | 251 | down −104 | 25 | n/a | 0 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 82 | BlackSky | 250 | down −56 data update | 29 | 0 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| 83 | Satellogic | 223 | down −79 data update | 23 | 0 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| 84 | Benchmark Space Systems | 214 | down −51 data update | 19 | 0 | 27 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| =85 | Aldoria | 207 | down −57 | 16 | n/a | 0 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| =85 | Kineis | 207 | down −57 | 16 | n/a | 0 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| =85 | Unseenlabs | 207 | down −57 | 16 | n/a | 0 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 88 | Innospace | 198 | down −73 data update | 8 | n/a | n/a | no data | 15 | Medium · 77% |
| 89 | Space Forge | 192 | down −33 data update | 13 | n/a | 0 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 90 | Sidus Space | 177 | down −39 data update | 13 | 0 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| 91 | Vyoma | 173 | down −29 data update | 10 | n/a | 0 | no data | n/a | Medium · 75% |
| 92 | Apolink | 160 | down −2 | 1 | 0 | 33 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
| 93 | Momentus | 142 | down −15 | 6 | 0 | n/a | no data | n/a | Medium · 77% |
| 94 | Rogue Space Systems | 112 | down −26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | no data | n/a | Medium · 81% |
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