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SpaceNexus Intelligence
In-depth research reports on the space industry (market sizing, company landscapes, investment trends, and regulatory developments), plus every weekly brief the platform has published, newest first.
Named releases on a fixed calendar, every figure computed from SpaceNexus data rather than written. Each edition is dated, permanently linkable, and states its method and its coverage limits beside the numbers. Where an edition has missed its date, this table says so. The full hub, with what each release computes and how to read it, is at /releases.
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| SpaceNexus Most Active Space InvestorsWhich investors led the most disclosed space funding rounds in the quarter, and over the trailing twelve months. | quarterly | Q3 2026published 2026-10-15 | Published |
| SpaceNexus Launch Cadence and Slip ReportOrbital launch attempts, outcomes and schedule slippage for the month, by provider and vehicle. | monthly |
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| SpaceNexus Supply-Chain Concentration ReportWho supplies whom in the space industry, from official records only: federal subawards reported on USAspending.gov and statements in SEC annual reports, each linked. | quarterly | Q3 2026published 2026-10-15 | Published |
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| SpaceNexus Hiring IndexOpen space-industry roles at month end, the month-over-month change, and which employers moved. | monthly | October 2026published 2026-11-04 | Published |
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| SpaceNexus Space Score Top 25The twenty-five highest-scoring tracked space companies on the 0–1000 Space Score, computed daily from SpaceNexus data. | quarterly | Q3 2026published 2026-09-15 | Q4 2026: live, frozen when the quarter ends |
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| SpaceNexus Federal Space AwardsWhich tracked space companies won US federal money in the quarter, from which agencies, and how concentrated that money is. | quarterly | Q2 2026published 2026-09-16 | Q3 2026: due 2027-01-29 |
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| SpaceNexus Space Insider ActivityWhat company insiders and 5% holders filed with the SEC on the listed space names this month, and how much each issuer filed. | monthly | September 2026published 2026-10-13 | October 2026: due 2026-11-13 |
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2026-W45: Completed and failed orbital launch attempts worldwide (suborbital flights excluded), last 12 complete months: 12 points totalling 325; latest Oct at 21; down 6 on Sep; highest Dec at 40. Complete months only, the month in progress is left out; suborbital flights (New Shepard, HASTE, Starship tests before Flight 14) not counted.
Free to read, no sign-in: the $686B space economy (Space Foundation, 2025), the largest US-dollar space and aerospace listings by market value, private space funding by quarter and the largest rounds, the year in launches, the Federal Register rules for commercial space, and third-party projections, each with its source.
Read the reportThe year as the SpaceNexus ledgers recorded it: launches by country and provider, real launch slips and the on-time record, the December 31 Cliff, funding by quarter, hiring and promises kept. The full edition freezes in January.
Read the reportThe monthly State of Space report: launch activity, funding trends, market movers, regulatory developments, technology milestones, and the month ahead. Generated from tracked platform data each month.
Read the reportState of the Space Economy, Who's Hiring and Regulatory Radar editions (plus the archived weekly intelligence roundup), rendered in the Intelligence Brief hub.
Source: SpaceNexus PublishedBrief archive · as of Nov 9, 2026
Space regulatory week of 2026-11-09: 10 tracked actions, 1 congressional, 5 final rules, 3 proposed rules, 11 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-11-09: 11,451 job postings on employers’ own job boards, 863 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space economy week of 2026-11-09: 622 tracked stories, 3 private funding rounds totaling $1.1B, 11,451 job postings (about 10,200 distinct roles) on SpaceNexus (982 new), and 9 scheduled launches on the two-week horizon.
Space regulatory week of 2026-11-02: 7 tracked actions, 3 congressional, 1 final rules, 1 proposed rules, 16 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Space economy week of 2026-11-02: 611 tracked stories, 1 private funding round totaling $375.0M, 11,152 job postings (about 9,900 distinct roles) on SpaceNexus (991 new), and 10 scheduled launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-11-02: 11,152 job postings on employers’ own job boards (+185 vs. last week), 900 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space regulatory week of 2026-10-26: 10 tracked actions, 7 congressional, 1 final rules, 1 proposed rules, 9 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Space economy week of 2026-10-26: 614 tracked stories, 2 private funding rounds totaling $250.0M, 10,967 job postings (about 9,800 distinct roles) on SpaceNexus (880 new), and 7 scheduled launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-10-26: 10,967 job postings on employers’ own job boards, 804 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space regulatory week of 2026-10-19: 22 tracked actions, 5 congressional, 2 final rules, 0 proposed rules, 5 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Space economy week of 2026-10-19: 538 tracked stories, 3 private funding rounds totaling $1.5M, 10,134 job postings (about 9,000 distinct roles) on SpaceNexus (809 new), and 12 scheduled launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-10-19: 10,134 job postings on employers’ own job boards (+183 vs. last week), 729 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space regulatory week of 2026-10-12: 5 tracked actions, 1 congressional, 2 final rules, 0 proposed rules, 3 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Space economy week of 2026-10-12: 566 tracked stories, 1 private funding round totaling $24.0M, 9,951 job postings (about 8,800 distinct roles) on SpaceNexus (760 new), and 3 scheduled launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-10-12: 9,951 job postings on employers’ own job boards, 686 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-10-07: 9,867 open roles on employers’ own job boards, 733 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space regulatory week of 2026-10-05: 21 tracked actions, 7 congressional, 1 final rules, 7 proposed rules, 3 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Space economy week of 2026-10-05: 570 tracked stories, 1 private funding round totaling $251.0M, 10,055 open job listings on SpaceNexus (785 new), and 5 scheduled launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-09-30: 9,905 active listings, 1,007 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space regulatory week of 2026-09-28: 23 tracked actions, 18 congressional, 2 final rules, 1 proposed rules, 6 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Space economy week of 2026-09-28: 606 tracked stories, 3 private funding rounds totaling $10.2B, 9,835 open job listings (1,119 new), and 7 scheduled launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-09-23: 9,118 active listings (+193 vs. last week), 869 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space regulatory week of 2026-09-21: 26 tracked actions, 14 congressional, 4 final rules, 1 proposed rules, 5 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Space economy week of 2026-09-21: 634 tracked stories, 0 funding rounds, 901 new job postings, and 5 launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-09-16: 8,925 active listings (+365 vs. last week), 1,342 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space regulatory week of 2026-09-14: 5 tracked actions, 0 congressional, 2 final rules, 1 proposed rules, 1 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Space economy week of 2026-09-14: 561 tracked stories, 0 funding rounds, 806 new job postings, and 5 launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-09-09: 8,560 active listings (+123 vs. last week), 714 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space regulatory week of 2026-09-07: 5 tracked actions, 0 congressional, 0 final rules, 2 proposed rules, 0 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Space economy week of 2026-09-07: 484 tracked stories, 0 funding rounds, 2432 new job postings, and 0 launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-09-02: 8,437 active listings (+1,796 vs. last week), 2,333 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space regulatory week of 2026-08-31: 7 tracked actions, 0 congressional, 4 final rules, 0 proposed rules, 0 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Space economy week of 2026-08-31: 528 tracked stories, 0 funding rounds, 655 new job postings, and 0 launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-08-26: 6,641 active listings (+29 vs. last week), 616 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space regulatory week of 2026-08-24: 5 tracked actions, 0 congressional, 2 final rules, 0 proposed rules, 1 comment windows closing within 14 days.
Space economy week of 2026-08-24: 589 tracked stories, 0 funding rounds, 689 new job postings, and 6 launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-08-12: 6,612 active listings, 6,612 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space economy week of 2026-08-17: 651 tracked stories, 0 funding rounds, 6913 new job postings, and 6 launches on the two-week horizon.
Who's hiring in space, week of 2026-08-06: 6,416 active listings, 6,416 new this week across 10 top hiring companies.
Space economy week of 2026-08-05: 754 tracked stories, 0 funding rounds, 62 new job postings, and 3 launches on the two-week horizon.
Rocket Lab's August 10 investor update paired record Q2 revenue of $234M (up 62% YoY) and a record $2.36B backlog with the June agreement to acquire Iridium for $54/share, roughly $8B in enterprise value, expected to close mid-2027. Shares still fell as Q3 margin guidance reflected peak Neutron first-flight spending; the rocket remains on track for pad delivery in Q4 2026.
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