The Space Investor - 🚀 RKLB Readies Launch Complex 2

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Week Ended 11.25.2022

Happy Friday! And we hope our U.S. readers had a Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 It was a quiet week so we have a short one for you today. Lets dive in.

📈 Market Max-Q

S&P 500: 4,026.11 +1.5%
NASDAQ: 11,226.35 +0.7%

UFO: 20.45 +0.6%
ROKT: 39.53 +1.0%
ARKX: 13.18 +0.1%
SSIT: 50.00 -5.0%

PL: 5.33 +4.5%
MAXR: 23.80 -10.1%
SIDU: 1.77 -11.7%
SATX: 22.90 -46.6%

1W return as of 4:00pm EDT.

🚀 Top Stories

1) Rocket Lab ($RKLB) was selected by NASA to launch the Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission.

The program consists of four CubeSats in two low-Earth orbital planes, into their operational orbit within a 60-day period. These two dedicated missions will launch on Electron from Launch Complex 2 in Virginia scheduled to take place no earlier than May 1, 2023.

2) Virgin Orbit ($VORB) announced that they evaluated the possibility a securities offering but due to "current market conditions," decided not to proceed.

The company noted that any future capital raising transactions will depend upon future market conditions (of course).

3) Sidus Space ($SIDU) signed an MOU with Capital C to provide maritime satellite design and surveillance.

Sidus will assist in developing, delivering, and maintaining surveillance and tracking systems with software that utilizes satellite imagery, sensor data and data delivery.
Sidus will also provide continued access to LEO satellite communications systems as well as the design and manufacture of specialized marine parts as a preferred vendor.

🛰️ In Other News

Rosotics Raises $750K Pre-Seed (PRNewswire)
The aerospace and defense focused additive manufacturing startup's Rapid Induction Printing™ requires significantly less energy and fewer material resources than current methods. The round was led by Draper Associates with participation from Correlation Ventures, Vibe Capital, and Sequoia Capital.

📊 Chart of the Week

The SpaceX Effect - Jeff Burke and Michael Madrid (Source)

🔗 Links

• Space Force Opens Door to Blue Origin With New Cooperative Agreement

• Aerojet Rocketdyne ($AJRD) To Expand Huntsville Presence With Addition of 379K Sq. Ft.

• Rocket Lab ($RKLB) Completes Final Launch Rehearsal Ahead of First Electron Mission From U.S. Soil

• EchoStar ($SATS) and Maxar ($MAXR) Amend Agreement for Hughes JUPITER 3 Satellite Production

• AST SpaceMobile ($ASTS) BW3’s Assembly, Launch, and Deployment

• Redwire ($RDW) President & COO Andrew Rush Is Leaving the Company

• Bessemer Ventures Sold 8.1M Shares of Its 65M Shares Stake in Rocket Lab ($RKLB)

🗣️ Opinion

• Here’s My Top Space Stock To Buy on the Dip

• 1 Small Step for NASA, 1 Giant Leap for Space Stocks

• The SpaceX Effect: Companies Founded by SpaceX Alumni

• Artemis Launches Need To Set the World on Fire

• Remarkable Pivot Happening in the National Security Space Business

📅 Earnings Calendar

• $PL: December 14 - After Market Close

*Company confirmed dates only.

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The Space Investor - 🚀 RKLB Readies Launch Complex 2

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