Lead item · 3 October 2026

POSITIONINGSpace-data / multi-mission platform ICEYE valuation / EO-adjacency

NorthStar Earth & Space Goes Public Via SPAC

A newly public, already-orbiting SDA rival gains fresh capital to compete for the sovereign space-tracking budgets SES is also courting.

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