Space Score · weekly edition 2026-W46

Biggest movers, week of Nov 9, 2026

The largest changes in the SpaceNexus Space Score since Nov 3, with the inputs behind each one. Every explanation is computed from the stored readings: no AI, no editorial judgement. How the score works.

This is the first weekly edition under methodology v8, so there is no earlier edition to compare with. Movement is measured against the earliest daily reading under the same methodology, taken Nov 3, 2026. That is 6 days, not a calendar week.

This edition: inputs measured Nov 9, 2026 (02:10 UTC), methodology v8, 105 companies ranked. Of 104 ranked in both readings, 30 rose, 71 fell and 3 did not change.

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The 10 biggest moves from company events

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. 73 moves came only from other companies’ values changing and are not listed.

Ranked by the size of the score change, rises and falls together. Scores run 0–1000.

1.Momentus
Up 84 points
Score 113 → 197 · rank 104 → 98 (up 6 places)
Momentum +81.2: Open-role change (90 days) +12.5% (8 → 9 roles) → +25% (8 → 10 roles) (company job board; percentile 39 → 74; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Scale +3.2.
Where the 84 points came from: Momentum +81.2 · Scale +3.2 · rounding −0.5
Gross points by cause: company events 55 · other companies’ values 29
Every input behind Momentus’s score today
2.Kepler Communications
Down 82 points
Score 401 → 319 · rank 63 → 75 (down 12 places)
Momentum −81.0: Open-role change (90 days) +31.6% (19 → 25 roles) → +5.3% (19 → 20 roles) (company job board; percentile 71 → 39; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Scale −1.0.
Where the 82 points came from: Momentum −81.0 · Scale −1.0
Gross points by cause: company events 81 · other companies’ values 1
Every input behind Kepler Communications’s score today
3.ispace inc.
Down 41 points
Score 308 → 267 · rank =76 → 89 (down 13 places)
Momentum −41.3: Open-role change (90 days) +12.7% (55 → 62 roles) → +1.8% (55 → 56 roles) (company job board; percentile 42 → 30; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period).
Where the 41 points came from: Momentum −41.3 · rounding +0.3
Gross points by cause: company events 41
Every input behind ispace inc.’s score today
4.Varda Space Industries
Up 32 points
Score 462 → 494 · rank 54 → 49 (up 5 places)
Momentum +32.4: Open-role change (90 days) +29.7% (91 → 118 roles) → +37.4% (91 → 125 roles) (company job board; percentile 65 → 82; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Scale −0.7.
Where the 32 points came from: Momentum +32.4 · Scale −0.7 · Capital access −0.2 · rounding +0.5
Gross points by cause: company events 18 · other companies’ values 15
Every input behind Varda Space Industries’s score today
5.Albedo
Up 24 points
Score 192 → 216 · rank 98 → 93 (up 5 places)
Momentum +24.8: Open-role change (90 days) -28.6% (7 → 5 roles) → +0% (7 → 7 roles) (company job board; percentile 13 → 26; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Scale −0.7.
Where the 24 points came from: Momentum +24.8 · Scale −0.7
Gross points by cause: company events 24 · other companies’ values 1
Every input behind Albedo’s score today
6.Isar Aerospace
Up 20 points
Score 563 → 583 · rank =30 → 29 (up 1 place)
Momentum +21.0: Open-role change (90 days) +38% (100 → 138 roles) → +41% (100 → 141 roles) (company job board; percentile 77 → 89; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period).
Where the 20 points came from: Momentum +21.0 · Capital access −0.4 · rounding −0.6
Gross points by cause: company events 12 · other companies’ values 9
Every input behind Isar Aerospace’s score today
7.BlackSky
Down 16 points
Score 334 → 318 · rank =74 → 76 (down 2 places)
Momentum −22.6: Open-role change (90 days) +42.3% (26 → 37 roles) → +30.8% (26 → 34 roles) (company job board; percentile 87 → 77; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). Scale +6.5: Market value $681.0M market cap → $872.9M market cap (Yahoo Finance quote; percentile 20 → 23; market price: market capitalisation observed in the period).
Where the 16 points came from: Momentum −22.6 · Scale +6.5 · rounding +0.2
Gross points by cause: company events 29
Every input behind BlackSky’s score today
8.Dawn Aerospace
Up 14 points
Score 482 → 496 · rank 49 → =47 (up 2 places)
Momentum +13.0: Open-role change (90 days) +50% (16 → 24 roles) → +56.3% (16 → 25 roles) (company job board; percentile 90 → 96; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Capital access +0.8.
Where the 14 points came from: Momentum +13.0 · Capital access +0.8 · rounding +0.3
Gross points by cause: company events 8 · other companies’ values 6
Every input behind Dawn Aerospace’s score today
9.Katalyst Space
Down 9 points
Score 288 → 279 · rank 84 → 86 (down 2 places)
Momentum −9.7: Open-role change (90 days) -31.7% (41 → 28 roles) → -26.8% (41 → 30 roles) (company job board; percentile 10 → 5; its percentile fell although its value rose: other companies’ values changed; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Capital access +1.5 and Scale −0.7.
Where the 9 points came from: Momentum −9.7 · Capital access +1.5 · Scale −0.7
Gross points by cause: company events 6 · other companies’ values 6
Every input behind Katalyst Space’s score today
10.Planet Labs
Down 5 points
Score 664 → 659 · rank 17 → 18 (down 1 place)
Scale −3.2: Market value $4.7B market cap → $4.6B market cap (Yahoo Finance quote; percentile 52 → 51; market price: market capitalisation observed in the period). Momentum −1.2: Open-role change (90 days) +53.1% (81 → 124 roles) → +51.9% (81 → 123 roles) (company job board; percentile 94 → 91; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Government space demand −0.9.
Where the 5 points came from: Scale −3.2 · Momentum −1.2 · Government space demand −0.9 · rounding +0.3
Gross points by cause: company events 3 · other companies’ values 2
Every input behind Planet Labs’s score today

Data updates

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.

Apex
Up 148 points
Score 371 → 519 · rank 68 → =40 (up 28 places)
- Newly measured: Space-coded federal obligations (3 years) $0 space-coded → $22.0M space-coded; our USAspending search for the company changed on Nov 3, when the company was newly searched or matched.
- Newly measured: Space-coded share of federal obligations not applicable → 85.9% of $25.6M; our USAspending search for the company changed on Nov 3, when the company was newly searched or matched.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +0% (131 → 131 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
- Newly measured: Space-coded federal trend not applicable → $0 vs $22.0M; our USAspending search for the company changed on Nov 3, when the company was newly searched or matched.
Gross points by cause: data updates 229 · other companies’ values 67
Spire Global
Down 91 points
Score 496 → 405 · rank =46 → 63 (down 17 places)
- Market price: Market value $334.0M market cap → $338.3M market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → -8.1% (37 → 34 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 90 · other companies’ values 2
Rocket Lab
Down 50 points
Score 846 → 796 · rank 3 → 4 (down 1 place)
- Market price: Market value $33.3B market cap → $33.9B market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → -3.2% (555 → 537 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
- Left the window: Orbital launch attempts (12 months) 22 attempts → 21 attempts; a launch dated Nov 5, 2025 left the 12-month window.
- Left the window: Launch success rate (12 months) 22 of 22 succeeded → 21 of 21 succeeded; a launch dated Nov 5, 2025 left the 12-month window.
Gross points by cause: company events 2 · data updates 55 · other companies’ values 4
Voyager Technologies
Down 43 points
Score 591 → 548 · rank 28 → =35 (down 7 places)
- Market price: Market value $1.5B market cap → $1.5B market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → -16.2% (74 → 62 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 42 · other companies’ values 2
HawkEye 360
Up 41 points
Score 562 → 603 · rank 32 → 27 (up 5 places)
- Market price: Market value $1.3B market cap → $1.4B market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +38.9% (18 → 25 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 38 · other companies’ values 3
K2 Space
Down 37 points
Score 459 → 422 · rank 55 → 60 (down 5 places)
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +2.2% (232 → 237 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 39 · other companies’ values 3
Vast
Down 34 points
Score 657 → 623 · rank 19 → 24 (down 5 places)
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +3.6% (197 → 204 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 32 · other companies’ values 2
Firefly Aerospace
Up 31 points
Score 501 → 532 · rank 44 → 38 (up 6 places)
- Market price: Market value $2.7B market cap → $3.5B market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Series restarted: Open-role change (90 days) -78% (159 → 35 roles) → no data; the company’s job-board series restarted on Nov 4; a restart follows a board joining, a rule change or a change in the counting basis, so the comparison changed, not the hiring.
Gross points by cause: company events 2 · data updates 26 · other companies’ values 2
Arianespace
Down 22 points
Score 475 → 453 · rank 51 → 56 (down 5 places)
- Left the window: Orbital launch attempts (12 months) 7 attempts → 6 attempts; a launch dated Nov 4, 2025 left the 12-month window.
- Left the window: Launch success rate (12 months) 7 of 7 succeeded → 6 of 6 succeeded; a launch dated Nov 4, 2025 left the 12-month window.
Gross points by cause: data updates 15 · other companies’ values 8
Loft Orbital
Up 18 points
Score 615 → 633 · rank =22 → 21 (up 1 place)
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +33.9% (56 → 75 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 12 · other companies’ values 7
True Anomaly
Down 18 points
Score 424 → 406 · rank 61 → 62 (down 1 place)
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +8.2% (195 → 211 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 17 · other companies’ values 1
SpaceX
Down 6 points
Score 885 → 879 · rank 1 → 1 (rank unchanged)
- Market price: Market value $1.85T market cap → $1.82T market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Left the window: Space-coded federal obligations (3 years) $5.5B space-coded → $5.4B space-coded; a space-coded federal award dated Nov 7, 2023 left the 3-year window.
- Left the window: Space-coded share of federal obligations 98.9% of $5.5B → 99% of $5.4B; 2 federal awards dated Nov 6, 2023 to Nov 7, 2023 left the 3-year window.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +8.8% (2615 → 2844 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
- Left the window: Orbital launch attempts (12 months) 147 attempts → 146 attempts; 2 launchs dated Nov 6, 2025 left the 12-month window.
- Left the window: Launch success rate (12 months) 147 of 147 succeeded → 146 of 146 succeeded; 2 launchs dated Nov 6, 2025 left the 12-month window; records dated in the period account for about 33%.
Gross points by cause: data updates 5 · other companies’ values 3
Axiom Space
Down 4 points
Score 681 → 677 · rank 16 → 16 (rank unchanged)
- Correction: Space-coded federal obligations (3 years) $50.3M space-coded → $50.4M space-coded; no space-coded federal award dated or added in the period explains it, so an existing record was corrected or removed.
- Late record: Space-coded share of federal obligations 100% of $50.3M → 80.1% of $62.9M; a federal award added Nov 5, dated Oct 23, 2026.
- Job-board count: Open-role change (90 days) +39.8% (103 → 144 roles) → +53.4% (103 → 158 roles); open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period.
Gross points by cause: company events 12 · data updates 15 · other companies’ values 1

Newly ranked

Hubble Network: rank 69, score 366. Previously scored 432 but not ranked: Only 44% of applicable weight is backed by data; 50% is needed to rank.

No longer ranked

None.

Every ranked company

Space Score edition 2026-W46, inputs measured Nov 9, 2026. Pillar columns are 0–100; “no data” counts at the roster median for that pillar (methodology v8), “n/a” is left out. Change is since Nov 3. A change marked “data update” came mainly from changes to our records. Equal scores share a rank, shown as “=8”.
#	Company	Score	Change	Scale	Gov. space	Capital access	Momentum	Flight record	Data
1	SpaceX	879	down −6 data update	94	95	n/a	50	100	High · 100%
2	China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation	868	down −4	99	n/a	n/a	no data	95	Medium · 77%
3	Boeing	811	up +45	99	83	n/a	43	n/a	High · 100%
4	Rocket Lab	796	down −50 data update	76	94	n/a	55	90	High · 100%
5	L3Harris Technologies	793	down −1	89	80	n/a	58	n/a	High · 100%
6	Lockheed Martin	779	down −1	97	81	n/a	37	n/a	High · 100%
7	Northrop Grumman	777	down −1	94	82	n/a	75	52	High · 100%
8	Viasat	769	no change	71	82	n/a	82	n/a	High · 100%
9	China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation	764	down −8	99	n/a	n/a	no data	63	Medium · 77%
10	Sierra Space	736	up +17	64	82	96	60	n/a	High · 100%
11	EchoStar	731	down −4	82	77	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
12	Lunar Outpost	717	up +2	no data	90	76	97	n/a	Medium · 63%
13	Intuitive Machines	700	up +2	51	95	n/a	76	n/a	High · 100%
14	ICEYE	695	down −5	66	n/a	96	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
15	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	688	down −4	92	n/a	n/a	no data	47	Medium · 77%
16	Axiom Space	677	down −4 data update	50	87	no data	94	n/a	Medium · 81%
17	Astranis	661	up +1	45	88	91	55	n/a	High · 100%
18	Planet Labs	659	down −5	55	82	n/a	67	n/a	High · 100%
19	United Launch Alliance	658	up +12	68	93	n/a	5	80	High · 100%
20	Impulse Space	639	up +24	48	88	98	29	n/a	High · 100%
21	Loft Orbital	633	up +18 data update	28	89	89	74	n/a	High · 100%
22	CAS Space	632	down −3	55	n/a	n/a	no data	85	Medium · 77%
23	Iridium Communications	625	up +14	55	91	n/a	40	n/a	High · 100%
24	Vast	623	down −34 data update	56	86	no data	55	n/a	Medium · 81%
25	Stoke Space	614	up +1	no data	89	99	21	n/a	Medium · 63%
26	Globalstar	612	up +6	58	77	n/a	47	n/a	High · 100%
27	HawkEye 360	603	up +41 data update	38	87	n/a	68	n/a	High · 100%
28	Xona Space Systems	588	down −17	44	90	95	11	n/a	High · 100%
29	Isar Aerospace	583	up +20	44	n/a	94	89	30	High · 100%
30	PLD Space	582	down −4	45	n/a	91	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
31	EnduroSat	559	down −4	40	n/a	92	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
32	Redwire	557	down −4	51	82	n/a	32	n/a	High · 100%
33	KSAT	554	up +4	49	87	n/a	26	n/a	High · 100%
34	Telesat	553	up +57	46	n/a	n/a	74	n/a	Medium · 100%
=35	Voyager Technologies	548	down −43 data update	44	90	n/a	30	n/a	High · 100%
=35	Blue Origin	548	up +15	no data	96	no data	56	32	Medium · 55%
37	Starfish Space	542	down −15	19	84	87	51	n/a	High · 100%
38	Firefly Aerospace	532	up +31 data update	55	92	n/a	29	30	High · 100%
39	D-Orbit	529	down −2	40	n/a	80	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=40	Apex	519	up +148 data update	28	87	92	13	n/a	High · 100%
=40	Muon Space	519	up +1	no data	0	90	98	n/a	Medium · 63%
42	LandSpace	515	no change	64	n/a	0	no data	71	Medium · 81%
43	Israel Aerospace Industries	507	down −3	84	n/a	n/a	no data	0	Medium · 77%
44	Gilmour Space	506	no change	32	n/a	88	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
45	Interstellar Technologies	503	down −3	36	n/a	78	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
46	Open Cosmos	499	down −4	30	n/a	90	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=47	Dawn Aerospace	496	up +14	18	n/a	66	96	n/a	High · 100%
=47	Turion Space	496	down −4	32	74	no data	no data	n/a	Medium · 63%
49	Varda Space Industries	494	up +32	no data	0	93	82	n/a	Medium · 63%
50	Skyroot Aerospace	492	down −2	45	n/a	81	no data	30	Medium · 81%
51	Gravitics	480	down −1	3	83	70	71	n/a	High · 100%
52	Rhea Space Activity	471	up +5	no data	77	41	18	n/a	Medium · 63%
53	AST SpaceMobile	467	up +31	67	0	n/a	68	n/a	High · 100%
54	Moog Inc.	466	down −7	76	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
55	Fleet Space Technologies	454	down −2	23	n/a	85	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
56	Arianespace	453	down −22 data update	25	n/a	n/a	no data	71	Medium · 77%
57	i-Space	452	down −3	47	n/a	97	no data	0	Medium · 81%
58	The Exploration Company	448	down −5	16	n/a	96	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
59	Digantara	435	down −3	22	n/a	79	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
60	K2 Space	422	down −37 data update	48	0	98	32	n/a	High · 100%
61	OroraTech	419	down −2	31	n/a	55	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
62	True Anomaly	406	down −18 data update	38	0	97	43	n/a	High · 100%
63	Spire Global	405	down −91 data update	28	80	n/a	14	n/a	High · 100%
64	Cognitive Space	403	up +3	no data	79	0	21	n/a	Medium · 63%
65	Starcloud	387	down −4	31	0	93	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
66	Mercury Systems	385	down −7	58	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
67	U-Space	379	down −3	16	n/a	68	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
68	Observable Space	367	down −1	30	0	84	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
69	Hubble Network	366	new	no data	0	89	17	n/a	Medium · 63%
70	Interlune	357	down −1	4	70	39	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
71	Portal Space	355	up +6	10	0	82	86	n/a	High · 100%
72	Agnikul Cosmos	353	down −9	16	n/a	58	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
73	UNIVITY	343	down −2	7	n/a	72	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
74	Look Up Space	332	down −2	7	n/a	68	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
75	Kepler Communications	319	down −82	no data	n/a	0	39	n/a	Medium · 50%
76	BlackSky	318	down −16	30	0	n/a	77	n/a	High · 100%
77	Inversion Space	311	up +30	13	0	77	64	n/a	High · 100%
78	Orbcomm	305	down −3	56	0	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
79	Skylo Technologies	301	down −6	no data	0	72	0	n/a	Medium · 63%
80	Relativity Space	299	up +16	no data	0	0	71	n/a	Medium · 63%
81	Leanspace	294	down −1	7	n/a	53	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=82	Dhruva Space	288	down −4	32	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=82	Skynopy	288	down −3	2	n/a	61	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
84	Astroscale	287	down −4	37	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
85	York Space Systems	284	down −7	36	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
86	Katalyst Space	279	down −9	no data	0	55	5	n/a	Medium · 63%
87	Comtech Telecommunications	271	down −4	33	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
88	Infinite Orbits	268	down −2	7	0	78	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
89	ispace inc.	267	down −41	25	n/a	n/a	30	n/a	Medium · 100%
=90	Cailabs	253	down −4	25	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=90	Exotrail	253	down −4	25	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
92	Benchmark Space Systems	218	down −1	19	0	28	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
93	Albedo	216	up +24	no data	0	0	26	n/a	Medium · 63%
=94	Aldoria	209	down −4	16	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=94	Kineis	209	down −4	16	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=94	Unseenlabs	209	down −4	16	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
97	LeoLabs	205	down −11	no data	0	0	21	n/a	Medium · 63%
98	Momentus	197	up +84	6	0	n/a	74	n/a	High · 100%
99	Space Forge	194	down −4	13	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
100	Innospace	193	down −4	7	n/a	n/a	no data	15	Medium · 77%
101	Sidus Space	176	down −4	13	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
102	Vyoma	175	down −4	10	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
103	Apolink	166	down −5	1	0	35	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
104	Satellogic	122	up +3	23	0	n/a	7	n/a	High · 100%
105	Rogue Space Systems	113	down −3	5	0	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%

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The 10 biggest moves from company events

Ranked by the size of the score change, rises and falls together. Scores run 0–1000.

1.Momentus
Up 84 points
Score 113 → 197 · rank 104 → 98 (up 6 places)
Momentum +81.2: Open-role change (90 days) +12.5% (8 → 9 roles) → +25% (8 → 10 roles) (company job board; percentile 39 → 74; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Scale +3.2.
Where the 84 points came from: Momentum +81.2 · Scale +3.2 · rounding −0.5
Gross points by cause: company events 55 · other companies’ values 29
Every input behind Momentus’s score today
2.Kepler Communications
Down 82 points
Score 401 → 319 · rank 63 → 75 (down 12 places)
Momentum −81.0: Open-role change (90 days) +31.6% (19 → 25 roles) → +5.3% (19 → 20 roles) (company job board; percentile 71 → 39; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Scale −1.0.
Where the 82 points came from: Momentum −81.0 · Scale −1.0
Gross points by cause: company events 81 · other companies’ values 1
Every input behind Kepler Communications’s score today
3.ispace inc.
Down 41 points
Score 308 → 267 · rank =76 → 89 (down 13 places)
Momentum −41.3: Open-role change (90 days) +12.7% (55 → 62 roles) → +1.8% (55 → 56 roles) (company job board; percentile 42 → 30; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period).
Where the 41 points came from: Momentum −41.3 · rounding +0.3
Gross points by cause: company events 41
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4.Varda Space Industries
Up 32 points
Score 462 → 494 · rank 54 → 49 (up 5 places)
Momentum +32.4: Open-role change (90 days) +29.7% (91 → 118 roles) → +37.4% (91 → 125 roles) (company job board; percentile 65 → 82; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Scale −0.7.
Where the 32 points came from: Momentum +32.4 · Scale −0.7 · Capital access −0.2 · rounding +0.5
Gross points by cause: company events 18 · other companies’ values 15
Every input behind Varda Space Industries’s score today
5.Albedo
Up 24 points
Score 192 → 216 · rank 98 → 93 (up 5 places)
Momentum +24.8: Open-role change (90 days) -28.6% (7 → 5 roles) → +0% (7 → 7 roles) (company job board; percentile 13 → 26; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Scale −0.7.
Where the 24 points came from: Momentum +24.8 · Scale −0.7
Gross points by cause: company events 24 · other companies’ values 1
Every input behind Albedo’s score today
6.Isar Aerospace
Up 20 points
Score 563 → 583 · rank =30 → 29 (up 1 place)
Momentum +21.0: Open-role change (90 days) +38% (100 → 138 roles) → +41% (100 → 141 roles) (company job board; percentile 77 → 89; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period).
Where the 20 points came from: Momentum +21.0 · Capital access −0.4 · rounding −0.6
Gross points by cause: company events 12 · other companies’ values 9
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7.BlackSky
Down 16 points
Score 334 → 318 · rank =74 → 76 (down 2 places)
Momentum −22.6: Open-role change (90 days) +42.3% (26 → 37 roles) → +30.8% (26 → 34 roles) (company job board; percentile 87 → 77; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). Scale +6.5: Market value $681.0M market cap → $872.9M market cap (Yahoo Finance quote; percentile 20 → 23; market price: market capitalisation observed in the period).
Where the 16 points came from: Momentum −22.6 · Scale +6.5 · rounding +0.2
Gross points by cause: company events 29
Every input behind BlackSky’s score today
8.Dawn Aerospace
Up 14 points
Score 482 → 496 · rank 49 → =47 (up 2 places)
Momentum +13.0: Open-role change (90 days) +50% (16 → 24 roles) → +56.3% (16 → 25 roles) (company job board; percentile 90 → 96; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Capital access +0.8.
Where the 14 points came from: Momentum +13.0 · Capital access +0.8 · rounding +0.3
Gross points by cause: company events 8 · other companies’ values 6
Every input behind Dawn Aerospace’s score today
9.Katalyst Space
Down 9 points
Score 288 → 279 · rank 84 → 86 (down 2 places)
Momentum −9.7: Open-role change (90 days) -31.7% (41 → 28 roles) → -26.8% (41 → 30 roles) (company job board; percentile 10 → 5; its percentile fell although its value rose: other companies’ values changed; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Capital access +1.5 and Scale −0.7.
Where the 9 points came from: Momentum −9.7 · Capital access +1.5 · Scale −0.7
Gross points by cause: company events 6 · other companies’ values 6
Every input behind Katalyst Space’s score today
10.Planet Labs
Down 5 points
Score 664 → 659 · rank 17 → 18 (down 1 place)
Scale −3.2: Market value $4.7B market cap → $4.6B market cap (Yahoo Finance quote; percentile 52 → 51; market price: market capitalisation observed in the period). Momentum −1.2: Open-role change (90 days) +53.1% (81 → 124 roles) → +51.9% (81 → 123 roles) (company job board; percentile 94 → 91; job-board count: open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period). The rest came from Government space demand −0.9.
Where the 5 points came from: Scale −3.2 · Momentum −1.2 · Government space demand −0.9 · rounding +0.3
Gross points by cause: company events 3 · other companies’ values 2
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Apex
Up 148 points
Score 371 → 519 · rank 68 → =40 (up 28 places)
- Newly measured: Space-coded federal obligations (3 years) $0 space-coded → $22.0M space-coded; our USAspending search for the company changed on Nov 3, when the company was newly searched or matched.
- Newly measured: Space-coded share of federal obligations not applicable → 85.9% of $25.6M; our USAspending search for the company changed on Nov 3, when the company was newly searched or matched.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +0% (131 → 131 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
- Newly measured: Space-coded federal trend not applicable → $0 vs $22.0M; our USAspending search for the company changed on Nov 3, when the company was newly searched or matched.
Gross points by cause: data updates 229 · other companies’ values 67
Spire Global
Down 91 points
Score 496 → 405 · rank =46 → 63 (down 17 places)
- Market price: Market value $334.0M market cap → $338.3M market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → -8.1% (37 → 34 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 90 · other companies’ values 2
Rocket Lab
Down 50 points
Score 846 → 796 · rank 3 → 4 (down 1 place)
- Market price: Market value $33.3B market cap → $33.9B market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → -3.2% (555 → 537 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
- Left the window: Orbital launch attempts (12 months) 22 attempts → 21 attempts; a launch dated Nov 5, 2025 left the 12-month window.
- Left the window: Launch success rate (12 months) 22 of 22 succeeded → 21 of 21 succeeded; a launch dated Nov 5, 2025 left the 12-month window.
Gross points by cause: company events 2 · data updates 55 · other companies’ values 4
Voyager Technologies
Down 43 points
Score 591 → 548 · rank 28 → =35 (down 7 places)
- Market price: Market value $1.5B market cap → $1.5B market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → -16.2% (74 → 62 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 42 · other companies’ values 2
HawkEye 360
Up 41 points
Score 562 → 603 · rank 32 → 27 (up 5 places)
- Market price: Market value $1.3B market cap → $1.4B market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +38.9% (18 → 25 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 38 · other companies’ values 3
K2 Space
Down 37 points
Score 459 → 422 · rank 55 → 60 (down 5 places)
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +2.2% (232 → 237 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 39 · other companies’ values 3
Vast
Down 34 points
Score 657 → 623 · rank 19 → 24 (down 5 places)
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +3.6% (197 → 204 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 32 · other companies’ values 2
Firefly Aerospace
Up 31 points
Score 501 → 532 · rank 44 → 38 (up 6 places)
- Market price: Market value $2.7B market cap → $3.5B market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Series restarted: Open-role change (90 days) -78% (159 → 35 roles) → no data; the company’s job-board series restarted on Nov 4; a restart follows a board joining, a rule change or a change in the counting basis, so the comparison changed, not the hiring.
Gross points by cause: company events 2 · data updates 26 · other companies’ values 2
Arianespace
Down 22 points
Score 475 → 453 · rank 51 → 56 (down 5 places)
- Left the window: Orbital launch attempts (12 months) 7 attempts → 6 attempts; a launch dated Nov 4, 2025 left the 12-month window.
- Left the window: Launch success rate (12 months) 7 of 7 succeeded → 6 of 6 succeeded; a launch dated Nov 4, 2025 left the 12-month window.
Gross points by cause: data updates 15 · other companies’ values 8
Loft Orbital
Up 18 points
Score 615 → 633 · rank =22 → 21 (up 1 place)
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +33.9% (56 → 75 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 12 · other companies’ values 7
True Anomaly
Down 18 points
Score 424 → 406 · rank 61 → 62 (down 1 place)
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +8.2% (195 → 211 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
Gross points by cause: data updates 17 · other companies’ values 1
SpaceX
Down 6 points
Score 885 → 879 · rank 1 → 1 (rank unchanged)
- Market price: Market value $1.85T market cap → $1.82T market cap; market capitalisation observed in the period.
- Left the window: Space-coded federal obligations (3 years) $5.5B space-coded → $5.4B space-coded; a space-coded federal award dated Nov 7, 2023 left the 3-year window.
- Left the window: Space-coded share of federal obligations 98.9% of $5.5B → 99% of $5.4B; 2 federal awards dated Nov 6, 2023 to Nov 7, 2023 left the 3-year window.
- Newly measured: Open-role change (90 days) no data → +8.8% (2615 → 2844 roles); enough like-for-like job-board history accumulated.
- Left the window: Orbital launch attempts (12 months) 147 attempts → 146 attempts; 2 launchs dated Nov 6, 2025 left the 12-month window.
- Left the window: Launch success rate (12 months) 147 of 147 succeeded → 146 of 146 succeeded; 2 launchs dated Nov 6, 2025 left the 12-month window; records dated in the period account for about 33%.
Gross points by cause: data updates 5 · other companies’ values 3
Axiom Space
Down 4 points
Score 681 → 677 · rank 16 → 16 (rank unchanged)
- Correction: Space-coded federal obligations (3 years) $50.3M space-coded → $50.4M space-coded; no space-coded federal award dated or added in the period explains it, so an existing record was corrected or removed.
- Late record: Space-coded share of federal obligations 100% of $50.3M → 80.1% of $62.9M; a federal award added Nov 5, dated Oct 23, 2026.
- Job-board count: Open-role change (90 days) +39.8% (103 → 144 roles) → +53.4% (103 → 158 roles); open roles counted on the company’s own job board during the period.
Gross points by cause: company events 12 · data updates 15 · other companies’ values 1

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Space Score edition 2026-W46, inputs measured Nov 9, 2026. Pillar columns are 0–100; “no data” counts at the roster median for that pillar (methodology v8), “n/a” is left out. Change is since Nov 3. A change marked “data update” came mainly from changes to our records. Equal scores share a rank, shown as “=8”.
#	Company	Score	Change	Scale	Gov. space	Capital access	Momentum	Flight record	Data
1	SpaceX	879	down −6 data update	94	95	n/a	50	100	High · 100%
2	China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation	868	down −4	99	n/a	n/a	no data	95	Medium · 77%
3	Boeing	811	up +45	99	83	n/a	43	n/a	High · 100%
4	Rocket Lab	796	down −50 data update	76	94	n/a	55	90	High · 100%
5	L3Harris Technologies	793	down −1	89	80	n/a	58	n/a	High · 100%
6	Lockheed Martin	779	down −1	97	81	n/a	37	n/a	High · 100%
7	Northrop Grumman	777	down −1	94	82	n/a	75	52	High · 100%
8	Viasat	769	no change	71	82	n/a	82	n/a	High · 100%
9	China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation	764	down −8	99	n/a	n/a	no data	63	Medium · 77%
10	Sierra Space	736	up +17	64	82	96	60	n/a	High · 100%
11	EchoStar	731	down −4	82	77	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
12	Lunar Outpost	717	up +2	no data	90	76	97	n/a	Medium · 63%
13	Intuitive Machines	700	up +2	51	95	n/a	76	n/a	High · 100%
14	ICEYE	695	down −5	66	n/a	96	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
15	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	688	down −4	92	n/a	n/a	no data	47	Medium · 77%
16	Axiom Space	677	down −4 data update	50	87	no data	94	n/a	Medium · 81%
17	Astranis	661	up +1	45	88	91	55	n/a	High · 100%
18	Planet Labs	659	down −5	55	82	n/a	67	n/a	High · 100%
19	United Launch Alliance	658	up +12	68	93	n/a	5	80	High · 100%
20	Impulse Space	639	up +24	48	88	98	29	n/a	High · 100%
21	Loft Orbital	633	up +18 data update	28	89	89	74	n/a	High · 100%
22	CAS Space	632	down −3	55	n/a	n/a	no data	85	Medium · 77%
23	Iridium Communications	625	up +14	55	91	n/a	40	n/a	High · 100%
24	Vast	623	down −34 data update	56	86	no data	55	n/a	Medium · 81%
25	Stoke Space	614	up +1	no data	89	99	21	n/a	Medium · 63%
26	Globalstar	612	up +6	58	77	n/a	47	n/a	High · 100%
27	HawkEye 360	603	up +41 data update	38	87	n/a	68	n/a	High · 100%
28	Xona Space Systems	588	down −17	44	90	95	11	n/a	High · 100%
29	Isar Aerospace	583	up +20	44	n/a	94	89	30	High · 100%
30	PLD Space	582	down −4	45	n/a	91	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
31	EnduroSat	559	down −4	40	n/a	92	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
32	Redwire	557	down −4	51	82	n/a	32	n/a	High · 100%
33	KSAT	554	up +4	49	87	n/a	26	n/a	High · 100%
34	Telesat	553	up +57	46	n/a	n/a	74	n/a	Medium · 100%
=35	Voyager Technologies	548	down −43 data update	44	90	n/a	30	n/a	High · 100%
=35	Blue Origin	548	up +15	no data	96	no data	56	32	Medium · 55%
37	Starfish Space	542	down −15	19	84	87	51	n/a	High · 100%
38	Firefly Aerospace	532	up +31 data update	55	92	n/a	29	30	High · 100%
39	D-Orbit	529	down −2	40	n/a	80	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=40	Apex	519	up +148 data update	28	87	92	13	n/a	High · 100%
=40	Muon Space	519	up +1	no data	0	90	98	n/a	Medium · 63%
42	LandSpace	515	no change	64	n/a	0	no data	71	Medium · 81%
43	Israel Aerospace Industries	507	down −3	84	n/a	n/a	no data	0	Medium · 77%
44	Gilmour Space	506	no change	32	n/a	88	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
45	Interstellar Technologies	503	down −3	36	n/a	78	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
46	Open Cosmos	499	down −4	30	n/a	90	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=47	Dawn Aerospace	496	up +14	18	n/a	66	96	n/a	High · 100%
=47	Turion Space	496	down −4	32	74	no data	no data	n/a	Medium · 63%
49	Varda Space Industries	494	up +32	no data	0	93	82	n/a	Medium · 63%
50	Skyroot Aerospace	492	down −2	45	n/a	81	no data	30	Medium · 81%
51	Gravitics	480	down −1	3	83	70	71	n/a	High · 100%
52	Rhea Space Activity	471	up +5	no data	77	41	18	n/a	Medium · 63%
53	AST SpaceMobile	467	up +31	67	0	n/a	68	n/a	High · 100%
54	Moog Inc.	466	down −7	76	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
55	Fleet Space Technologies	454	down −2	23	n/a	85	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
56	Arianespace	453	down −22 data update	25	n/a	n/a	no data	71	Medium · 77%
57	i-Space	452	down −3	47	n/a	97	no data	0	Medium · 81%
58	The Exploration Company	448	down −5	16	n/a	96	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
59	Digantara	435	down −3	22	n/a	79	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
60	K2 Space	422	down −37 data update	48	0	98	32	n/a	High · 100%
61	OroraTech	419	down −2	31	n/a	55	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
62	True Anomaly	406	down −18 data update	38	0	97	43	n/a	High · 100%
63	Spire Global	405	down −91 data update	28	80	n/a	14	n/a	High · 100%
64	Cognitive Space	403	up +3	no data	79	0	21	n/a	Medium · 63%
65	Starcloud	387	down −4	31	0	93	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
66	Mercury Systems	385	down −7	58	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
67	U-Space	379	down −3	16	n/a	68	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
68	Observable Space	367	down −1	30	0	84	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
69	Hubble Network	366	new	no data	0	89	17	n/a	Medium · 63%
70	Interlune	357	down −1	4	70	39	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
71	Portal Space	355	up +6	10	0	82	86	n/a	High · 100%
72	Agnikul Cosmos	353	down −9	16	n/a	58	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
73	UNIVITY	343	down −2	7	n/a	72	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
74	Look Up Space	332	down −2	7	n/a	68	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
75	Kepler Communications	319	down −82	no data	n/a	0	39	n/a	Medium · 50%
76	BlackSky	318	down −16	30	0	n/a	77	n/a	High · 100%
77	Inversion Space	311	up +30	13	0	77	64	n/a	High · 100%
78	Orbcomm	305	down −3	56	0	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
79	Skylo Technologies	301	down −6	no data	0	72	0	n/a	Medium · 63%
80	Relativity Space	299	up +16	no data	0	0	71	n/a	Medium · 63%
81	Leanspace	294	down −1	7	n/a	53	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=82	Dhruva Space	288	down −4	32	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=82	Skynopy	288	down −3	2	n/a	61	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
84	Astroscale	287	down −4	37	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
85	York Space Systems	284	down −7	36	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
86	Katalyst Space	279	down −9	no data	0	55	5	n/a	Medium · 63%
87	Comtech Telecommunications	271	down −4	33	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
88	Infinite Orbits	268	down −2	7	0	78	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
89	ispace inc.	267	down −41	25	n/a	n/a	30	n/a	Medium · 100%
=90	Cailabs	253	down −4	25	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=90	Exotrail	253	down −4	25	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
92	Benchmark Space Systems	218	down −1	19	0	28	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
93	Albedo	216	up +24	no data	0	0	26	n/a	Medium · 63%
=94	Aldoria	209	down −4	16	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=94	Kineis	209	down −4	16	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
=94	Unseenlabs	209	down −4	16	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
97	LeoLabs	205	down −11	no data	0	0	21	n/a	Medium · 63%
98	Momentus	197	up +84	6	0	n/a	74	n/a	High · 100%
99	Space Forge	194	down −4	13	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
100	Innospace	193	down −4	7	n/a	n/a	no data	15	Medium · 77%
101	Sidus Space	176	down −4	13	0	n/a	no data	n/a	Medium · 77%
102	Vyoma	175	down −4	10	n/a	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 75%
103	Apolink	166	down −5	1	0	35	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%
104	Satellogic	122	up +3	23	0	n/a	7	n/a	High · 100%
105	Rogue Space Systems	113	down −3	5	0	0	no data	n/a	Medium · 81%

Biggest movers, week of Nov 9, 2026

The 10 biggest moves from company events

1.Momentus

2.Kepler Communications

3.ispace inc.

4.Varda Space Industries

5.Albedo

6.Isar Aerospace

7.BlackSky

8.Dawn Aerospace

9.Katalyst Space

10.Planet Labs

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2.Kepler Communications

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4.Varda Space Industries

5.Albedo

6.Isar Aerospace

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8.Dawn Aerospace

9.Katalyst Space

10.Planet Labs

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