Space technology
Early commercialmomentum 81698 papers in 3 months (+6% yearly)$78B raised in 12 months15 companies
New ways to reach, build in and use space: reusable rockets, factories in orbit, phone links from satellites, Moon landers and nuclear power.
Why early commercial: SpaceX's IPO prospectus reports over 570 Falcon 9 booster landings, while Starship, orbital factories and phone-to-satellite service are still ramping. Jun 12, 2026
Dots under a month: dated events tracked here that month.
44 events
About space technology here
- Sub-areas
- Reusable launch, In-space manufacturing, Direct-to-device satellites, Lunar landers, Space nuclear power and propulsion, In-space transport and stations
- Stage evidence
- Early commercial, Jun 12, 2026: SpaceX's IPO prospectus reports over 570 Falcon 9 booster landings, while Starship, orbital factories and phone-to-satellite service are still ramping. sec.gov
- Momentum
- 81 of 100: the mean of its ranks among the tracked fields for paper growth (44), funding in 12 months (100) and events in 90 days (100). Method
- Papers
- 5,599 in the 12 months ending two months ago, +6% against the 12 before (OpenAlex topics, journal and conference papers).
- Tracked here since
- Sep 25, 2026
Changes to this field
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| Sep 25, 2026 | Space technologyTechnology: Added | seed | sec.gov |