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Space and Defense Stocks: Rocket Lab, Lockheed, Northrop, RTX in Focus as China Sanctions and Space Force Awards Shape 2026

Space and Defense Stocks: Rocket Lab, Lockheed, Northrop, RTX in Focus as China Sanctions and Space Force Awards Shape 2026

China announced sanctions late Friday against 20 U.S. defense firms, including Boeing’s St. Louis branch, Northrop Grumman Systems, and L3Harris Maritime Services, over arms sales to Taiwan. The move freezes assets in China and blocks business with Chinese entities. U.S. markets closed Friday nearly flat in light post-holiday trading. Investors are watching space and defense stocks ahead of Monday’s open.
27 December 2025
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Virgin Galactic SPCE Stock Surges on Lawsuit Settlement and Purdue Mission News

Virgin Galactic SPCE Stock Surges on Lawsuit Settlement and Purdue Mission News

Stock Performance & Financials Virgin Galactic’s share price has been in a prolonged slump, though recent news has sparked a bounce. On Oct. 1, 2025 SPCE closed at $3.42 ts2.tech; by Oct. 16 it had rallied to about $4.89 Investing (and was up ~6.3% on the day). The stock traded in a rough range of $3.30–$3.70 through early Oct ts2.tech. Over 2025 the stock is still down roughly one-third (Benzinga reports –33% YTD Benzinga; TS2.Tech data shows ~–42% YTD through Sept ts2.tech), well underperforming the S&P500. SPCE remains extremely volatile (5‑year drawdown ~99% ts2.tech). Financially, Virgin Galactic remains pre‑revenue. Q2
16 October 2025
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All the Ways You Can Go to Space: Commercial, Government, and Emerging Opportunities

All the Ways You Can Go to Space: Commercial, Government, and Emerging Opportunities

In July 2021, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo carried a full crew above 80 km. In 2023, Virgin Galactic began commercial service for private space tourists. Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital flights cross the Kármán line at about 100 km and last 10–15 minutes. The first Blue Origin seat was auctioned for $28 million, with routine prices in the few hundred-thousand-dollar range. SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission in September 2021 was the first all-civilian orbital flight, with a four-person crew trained for about six months. Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission in April 2022 carried three private customers paying about $55 million per seat for a
14 August 2025
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State of Space and Satellite Technologies in 2025 (Updated: June 27th, 2025)

State of Space and Satellite Technologies in 2025 (Updated: June 27th, 2025)

Artemis I launched on November 16, 2022, marking NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) first flight and sending an uncrewed Orion around the Moon. The global space economy reached about $570 billion in 2023, with roughly 80% of that value produced by commercial activities. As of 2025, there are over 11,000 active satellites serving Earth, out of about 45,000 tracked objects including debris. In 2024 there were 259 orbital launches globally, with the United States conducting 154 and SpaceX responsible for 90. SpaceX conducted its first orbital Starship test on April 20, 2023 from Boca Chica, Texas; the flight ended with
26 June 2025
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Rocketing into the New Space Race: Inside the Global Boom of Private Spaceflight and Payload Companies

Rocketing into the New Space Race: Inside the Global Boom of Private Spaceflight and Payload Companies

In 2023, the global space economy reached $570 billion, with private/commercial ventures accounting for about 78%. In 2023 there were 221 orbital launches (the most on record), more than 2,500 satellites launched, and experts project up to 100,000 satellites in orbit within the next decade. Since 2009, investors have poured about $347.9 billion into roughly 2,197 space startups worldwide. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 can carry about 22,800 kg to LEO, and the company launched 61 missions in 2022 and nearly 100 in 2023, capturing an estimated 95% of all U.S. orbital launches. Virgin Galactic began commercial suborbital flights in 2023, charging
16 June 2025
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Inside the Billionaire Space Tourist Boom: History, Players, Prices, and the Future of Commercial Spaceflight

Inside the Billionaire Space Tourist Boom: History, Players, Prices, and the Future of Commercial Spaceflight

April 2001: Dennis Tito became the world’s first space tourist by paying about $20 million for a seat on a Russian Soyuz and spending seven days aboard the ISS. In 2004, Mojave Aerospace Ventures won the Ansari X Prize by launching SpaceShipOne, the first privately built crewed spacecraft, on back-to-back suborbital flights. The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004 established an FAA licensing framework for private space launches and created a learning period with a moratorium on new safety regulations until 2012 (extended to 2025). Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo suffered a fatal crash in 2014 during a test flight. July
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Stock Market Today

Linde stock price falls as LIN heads into weekend; JPMorgan downgrade and guidance in focus

Linde stock price falls as LIN heads into weekend; JPMorgan downgrade and guidance in focus

7 February 2026
Linde plc shares fell 2.5% to $448.24 Friday after reporting Q4 sales up 6% to $8.76 billion and adjusted EPS of $4.20. The company guided 2026 adjusted EPS to $17.40–$17.90, below analyst consensus. JPMorgan downgraded the stock, while Morgan Stanley and UBS raised price targets. Linde repurchased $1.4 billion in shares in Q4 and returned $7.4 billion to shareholders in 2025.
GE Vernova stock closes up nearly 6% — what to watch before Monday’s trade

GE Vernova stock closes up nearly 6% — what to watch before Monday’s trade

7 February 2026
GE Vernova shares jumped 5.6% to $779.35 Friday as Wall Street rallied and the company reported 1.1 GW of U.S. wind repower orders for 2025. The company also closed its $5.3 billion purchase of the remaining Prolec GE stake and completed a $2.6 billion senior notes offering. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data.
Citi stock jumps 6% as consent-order exit talk builds — what to watch next week

Citi stock jumps 6% as consent-order exit talk builds — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Citigroup shares rose 6% to $122.69 at Friday’s close after a Reuters report said executives are more optimistic about completing key consent orders this year. Citi also announced a $2.3 billion preferred stock redemption and a matching program for employee “Trump Accounts.” Investors await next week’s U.S. economic data and Citi conference appearances.
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