Compare launch, satellite connectivity, and Earth-observation businesses. Space & Satellite Stocks are U.S.-listed businesses providing launch services, satellite communications, space systems, or Earth-observation data. This page ranks 5 of them by market capitalization. Together they are worth about $1.91T, roughly 1.97% of tracked market cap on MarketCapLens. Figures update daily; as of November 12, 2026.
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3 of 5 names, Nov 2021–Nov 2026. Young listings are omitted from this aggregate, not from current combined cap.
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| Space Exploration Technologies Corp.†SPCX | $1.84T | 96.23% | $139.75 | -2.33% | ||||
| Rocket Lab USA, Inc.RKLB | $41.81B | 2.19% | $66.15 | +5.49% | +29.10% | +364.86% | +570.52% | |
| AST SpaceMobile, Inc.ASTS | $14.95B | 0.78% | $36.62 | +8.70% | -46.06% | +193.19% | +1,601.08% | |
| Viasat, Inc.VSAT | $10.46B | 0.55% | $75.12 | +0.34% | +97.09% | +38.66% | +161.61% | |
| Planet Labs PBCPL | $4.88B | 0.26% | $14.34 | +0.49% | +15.00% |
Click a column to sort. Returns are share-price changes (excluding dividends); 5-year cap growth is the change in market capitalization over the period. % of group is each company's share of this list's combined market cap. As of November 12, 2026. Not enough comparable price history; omitted from the performance chart. Available market-cap history is still shown.
Business roles explain membership; companies can span several businesses.
The group’s combined market capitalization over time, stacked by company so you can see each member’s contribution to the total.
Monthly history for 5 of 5 companies · Nov 2021–Nov 2026.
Companies enter the chart when their available market-cap history begins. New listings and spin-offs can change the total alongside changes in existing companies’ market caps.
Each line shows the share-price change since December 2021, excluding dividends. 0% means no change; +100% means the price doubled, and +200% means it tripled. This is a common comparison window based on the available history of eligible members.
Chart coverage: 4 of 5 companies · Dec 2021–Nov 2026.
All lines use the same starting date. Five-year return columns still require five years of history.
Not enough comparable price history: SPCX.
We select U.S.-listed businesses with a substantial operating focus on launch services, satellite communications, space systems, or Earth-observation data. This is not every aerospace or defense company with a space contract. SpaceX is represented by its SPCX listing. Company market caps include all of each business’s activities, not an estimate of space-only revenue. Only members available in the current ranking are shown. Price and market-cap history before the documented public listing of the current business is excluded.
Business and membership references:
Launch, communications, and imagery businesses sell different services to different customers. Their combined market cap describes a selected group, not one uniform market.
Manufacturing, launches, and network deployment can require substantial capital. Delays or financing changes can affect a company before a planned service reaches scale.
One company can dominate the combined total. New listings may be included in current size figures while being excluded from a performance chart with insufficient comparable history.
Space & Satellite Stocks are U.S.-listed businesses providing launch services, satellite communications, space systems, or Earth-observation data. This page tracks Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Rocket Lab USA, Inc., AST SpaceMobile, Inc., Viasat, Inc., and Planet Labs PBC. Together they are worth about $1.91T, roughly 2.0% of tracked market cap on this site.
The list covers Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SPCX), Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS), Viasat, Inc. (VSAT), and Planet Labs PBC (PL).
As of 2026-11-12, they have a combined market capitalization of about $1.91T — around 2.0% of tracked market cap here.
Led by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SPCX). Informational only; not investment advice. See our disclaimer.
Over the past five years, Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (RKLB) has the largest share-price return on this list, about +364.86%. That is a dated price path, not a pick.
It uses 3 of 5 names present from Nov 2021 to Nov 2026. Newer listings stay in current combined cap and the stacked chart but are omitted from that aggregate.
SPCX is a U.S.-listed company and can qualify for the current ranking. A performance comparison also needs enough usable monthly history. Chart coverage is a separate test from list membership.
No. This is a focused launch, satellite, and space-data comparison. Defense contractors are covered separately, and broad Industrials rankings use a different classification rule.