How the Pentagon uses AI with spy satellite data

How the Pentagon uses AI with spy satellite data

CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. CNBC’s Michael Sheetz reports and curates the latest news, investor updates and exclusive interviews on the most important companies reaching new heights. Sign up to receive future editions. Overview: Spy satellites and AI Last week I … Read more

What to make of SpaceX selling satellite lasers

What to make of SpaceX selling satellite lasers

A rendering of the company’s laser communications system on satellites in orbit. Mynaric CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. CNBC’s Michael Sheetz reports and curates the latest news, investor updates and exclusive interviews on the most important companies reaching new heights. Sign … Read more

The evolving satellite market of airline Wi-Fi

The evolving satellite market of airline Wi-Fi

A Starlink terminal installed on a Hawaiian Airlines aircraft. Hawaiian Airlines CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. CNBC’s Michael Sheetz reports and curates the latest news, investor updates and exclusive interviews on the most important companies reaching new heights. Sign up to … Read more

Startup Skylo raises $37 million from Intel, BMW, Samsung

Startup Skylo raises  million from Intel, BMW, Samsung

A Skylo base station in assembly. Skylo Technologies Silicon Valley space startup Skylo Technologies landed funding from the corporate venture arms of Intel, BMW and Samsung, as the company aims to bridge the gap between satellite and terrestrial communications. Skylo raised $37 million through an equity round, the company told CNBC, that was led by Intel … Read more

How bankers read a potential ULA sale

How bankers read a potential ULA sale

United Launch Alliance’s next-generation Vulcan rocket is unloaded after it arrived by ship in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 22, 2023.  Joe Skipper | Reuters CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. CNBC’s Michael Sheetz reports and curates the latest news, investor … Read more

Sector led Lockheed and Northrop growth last year

Sector led Lockheed and Northrop growth last year

Sign at entrance to regional headquarters of Lockheed Martin Space Systems. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. CNBC’s Michael Sheetz reports and curates the latest news, investor updates and exclusive interviews on the most important companies reaching new … Read more

2023 rebound and heavy M&A

2023 rebound and heavy M&A

A long exposure photo shows the company’s fourth Alpha rocket mission launching from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Dec. 22, 2023. Sean Parker / Firefly Aerospace Investment in the space sector bounced back last year, rebounding closer to the record high of 2021, according to a report Tuesday by New York-based Space Capital. “Investment … Read more

The rapid rise of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet business

The rapid rise of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet business

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is known for its frequent launches, which now dominate the space industry. But the satellites that the rockets send to space are just as important for the company as the launches. Starlink is SpaceX’s answer to providing global, high-speed internet coverage using a network of thousands of satellites buzzing around the planet in … Read more

The military doled out $6 billion for rocket launches

The military doled out  billion for rocket launches

The headquarters of Space Systems Command in Los Angeles, California. U.S. Space Force / Jose Lou Hernandez CNBC’s Investing in Space newsletter offers a view into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. CNBC’s Michael Sheetz reports and curates the latest news, investor updates and exclusive interviews on the most important … Read more

SpaceX near rocket market monopoly is ‘huge concern:’ Lazard banker

SpaceX near rocket market monopoly is ‘huge concern:’ Lazard banker

Vikram Nidamaluri, Managing Director of Telecom, Media, and Entertainment at Lazard, speaks during a panel at the World Satellite Business Week conference on Sept. 11, 2023. Michael Sheetz | CNBC PARIS – A Lazard investment banker sounded the alarm about the dominance of Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the rocket launch market, as the industry waits … Read more