Lead item · 17 September 2026

POSITIONINGLaunch bottleneck / launch economics

Impulse Space raises $308M, hits $5.4bn valuation

The extension funds a second non-SpaceX bidder for the orbital-transport work gating other constellations' launch schedules.

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