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Satellogic is an early-stage company with big upside as space becomes an autonomous infrastructure layer. It is building real-time data communication satellites in low Earth orbit, and a potential SpaceX IPO could heat up the theme fast. x.comÂ
Space names like Satellogic are worth front-running ahead of the SpaceX IPO, especially at SpaceX's roughly $1.75 trillion valuation. Capital flows into the space sector should be hot, though volatile. Satellogic says SpaceX has confirmed its upcoming launch of two NewSat Mark V satellites to expand its constellation. x.comÂ
Space stocks have lost their catalyst now that SpaceX is public. For a year the basket was a bet on when the SpaceX IPO would happen; it listed Friday, up 19% at $2.1 trillion, the biggest IPO in history, and the air came out. Rocket Lab, AST SpaceMobile, Satellogic and BlackSky, green for months, have all flipped to SuperTrend downtrends. That is not the sector breaking but buy-the-rumor, sell-the-news. x.comÂ
Satellogic is turning from a story stock into a delivery stock, backed by firm paid contracts as it shifts from imagery sales to subscription Constellation-as-a-Service and AI defense intelligence. Q1 2026 RPO reached $64.8M, with $29.2M converting to revenue within 12 months, and Nuveen and UBS sharply raised positions. Its in-house LEO constellation lets smaller nations own dedicated satellite access, winning large, sticky defense deals, and its Merlin AI platform helped lift gross profit. … Show more
Satellogic continues to head higher as the broader space trade carries it, with space stocks showing relative strength. Its chart shows a large rounding bottom that could set up a reversal, and Golden Dome speculation adds to the case. x.comÂ
Satellogic's technology is proving itself as defense customers move from trial to full deployment in six months. It just won an $18M contract for persistent, high-frequency Earth observation imagery, after an April $12M in-orbit satellite sale to a sovereign defense customer, and Q1 revenue rose 80%. Defense customers no longer accept coverage gaps from legacy providers. After a 350% year-to-date run the stock fell 25% in two sessions; the $7.90-8.30 support zone is the next accumulation window. … Show more
Planet Labs holding its gains in a psychotic market is remarkable, and it should go much higher once conditions normalize. It has delivered four monster earnings reports in a row and never broke its 10-week moving average. x.comÂ
Planet Labs is becoming a mission-critical defense asset as geopolitical competition drives demand for daily global monitoring, with defense and intelligence revenue up over 65% in Q1. It won a $10M+ NGA contract extension for maritime awareness and large sovereign imaging deals with the Czech government, Greece and Sweden's defense ministry. New high-resolution Pelican satellites with sub-minute revisit should lift revenue per user, and 99% of annual contract value is subscription-based. x.comÂ
Planet Labs is emerging as a space-based constellation manager, not just a LEO satellite data provider, yet its valuation doesn't reflect that. Google and Planet launched a prototype satellite carrying four TPUs on SpaceX's Transporter-18, the first step of Google's Project Suncatcher to test machine learning infrastructure in space. Orbital compute may arrive sooner than the 2030s, though Planet remains a speculative position. x.com x.com x.comÂ
Satellogic keeps executing on building its infrastructure, with SpaceX confirming its upcoming launch of two NewSat Mark V satellites to expand the constellation. x.comÂ