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Funding in the space industry: 527 signals in the last 90 days

Signal type: Funding · Funding round, investment, or capital event · latest 1 Nov 2026

527 signals in the space industry carried the tag Funding in the last 90 days (funding round, investment, or capital event), out of 1,652 in the last thirteen months. October 2026 had 102 signals against an average of 217 for Jul to Sept: down 53%. Named most often: SpaceX (30), PLD Space (19), The Exploration Company (15). Below: the count per month, the companies named most, and the latest headlines with outlet and date. Frontier Tech Intelligence reads 100+ sources in eleven languages every day and tags every signal it extracts.

Signals per month

147May
186Jun
174Jul
270Aug
206Sept
102Oct
4Nov

October 2026 had 102 signals against an average of 217 for Jul to Sept: down 53%. The current month is partial.

The latest headlines

  1. Redwire landed $44M DARPA contract for ABEP development for VLEO flights as low as 90 kmRedwire — 2026-11
  2. Member states subscribed more than 900 million euros at ESA ministerial conference for launch services and upgraded vehiclesRocket Factory Augsburg — 2026-11
  3. UK Ministry of Defence awards £15 million contract for Project LEDA to protect satellitesSpace24 · LEDA
  4. Deutsche Bank and the European Investment Bank will mobilise €560 million for European SpaceTech.EU-Startups · Deutsche Bank
  5. Manastu Space raised ₹22 crore ($2.3 million) in an ongoing funding round.Inc42
  6. Rendezvous Robotics raised $20 million in seed funding for self-assembling spacecraft.The AI Insider · Astera Labs, Rendezvous Robotics
  7. Argotec raised €50 million to scale small-satellite manufacturing.Payload · Argotec
  8. MuRay raised €7.1 million to develop Active Muon Imaging for industrial inspection.Tech.eu
  9. Rendezvous Robotics raised $20 million in a Toyota Ventures-led funding round.SPACE CONNECT · Rendezvous Robotics
  10. Seraphim launched the Seraphim Academy to invest in early-stage SpaceTech companies.Satellite Evolution

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Named most often, last 90 days

30SpaceX19PLD Space15The Exploration Company11NVIDIA9NASA8ICEYE8ispace8Open Cosmos

Funding elsewhere

AI infrastructure 1,976Humanoid robotics 148Robotics 567

The space industry by signal type

Partnership 737Product Launch 670Funding 527Regulation 260Research / Paper 202Acquisition 133Earnings 105Commentary / Analysis 102Controversy 96Hiring / Personnel 82

Questions this page answers

How much funding activity was there in the space industry in the last 90 days?

527 funding signals in the space industry in the last 90 days, 1,652 in the last thirteen months. October 2026 had 102 signals against an average of 217 for Jul to Sept: down 53%. Per month: May 147, Jun 186, Jul 174, Aug 270, Sept 206, Oct 102, Nov 4. Frontier Tech Intelligence, from 100+ sources.

Which the space industry companies were named most in funding signals recently?

Named most in the last 90 days: SpaceX (30), PLD Space (19), The Exploration Company (15), NVIDIA (11), NASA (9).

What are the latest funding signals in the space industry?

Redwire landed $44M DARPA contract for ABEP development for VLEO flights as low as 90 km (Redwire — 2026-11, 1 Nov 2026) Member states subscribed more than 900 million euros at ESA ministerial conference for launch services and upgraded vehicles (Rocket Factory Augsburg — 2026-11, 1 Nov 2026) UK Ministry of Defence awards £15 million contract for Project LEDA to protect satellites (Space24, 31 Oct 2026)

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