Category: SpaceMobile

The Space Economy Is Heading for $1.8 Trillion. The Bottleneck Nobody Talks About Is Getting There

AST SpaceMobile, ASTS, FJET, Intuitive Machines, LUNR, PL, Planet Labs, RKLB, Rocket Lab, RSS, SpaceMobile, Starfighters Space, Inc. July 20, 2026 Equity Insider

Starfighters Space, Inc. (NYSE American: FJET) is developing STARLAUNCH, an air-launch program using a fleet of Mach 2+ F-104 supersonic aircraft, to address what the company describes as a bottleneck in commercial space access as the global space economy grows toward $1.8 trillion by 2035; the company secured a $17.5 million strategic investment in May 2026 and joined the Russell 3000 Index effective June 29, 2026.

The SpaceX IPO Put a Spotlight on Starlink — and on the One Public Company Building a Rival Direct-to-Phone Network

AST SpaceMobile, Inc., ASTS, FJET, Globalstar, Globalstar, Inc., GSAT, March 2, 2026. 3 Globalstar, Inc., May 7, 2026. 4 Viasat, Inc., RSS, SpaceMobile, SpaceMobile, Inc., Starfighters Space, Inc., Viasat, Viasat, Inc., VSAT June 27, 2026 Equity Insider

SpaceX’s IPO filing detailed plans for Starlink Mobile as a direct-to-smartphone satellite service, spotlighting the direct-to-device market where AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) is the most prominent publicly traded competitor, having secured over US$1.2 billion in aggregate contracted revenue commitments and targeting 45 to 60 satellites in orbit by end of 2026.