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Hurray! It's Another New Space IPO! (But Should You Buy It?)
Yahoo Finance· 2026-02-04 10:50
Group 1 - York Space Systems had its initial public offering (IPO) on the NYSE, selling 18.5 million shares at $34 each, despite initially planning for 16 million shares priced between $30 and $34 [1] - After opening at $38.10, York's stock closed below its offering price at $33.95 and continued to decline, indicating it is considered a broken IPO [2] - Established in 2012, York Space specializes in building military satellites and has three main satellite families, with a manufacturing capability of over 1,000 satellites annually [3] Group 2 - York is a key supplier to the U.S. Space Force's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) missile defense program, with 33 of its satellites currently in orbit out of 136 on order [3] - The company has an 83% win rate on contracts under PWSA and has contracts for about 14% of all satellites ordered under this program [4] - York's revenue is heavily reliant on the Space Development Agency (SDA), and any changes in funding or mandates could significantly impact future revenues [5]
X @Elon Musk
Elon Musk· 2026-02-03 07:06
Anything less than K2 is feebleSawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt):This is probably one of the wildest sentences I've ever read.In Elon's new letter: "Factories on the Moon can take advantage of lunar resources to manufacture satellites and deploy them further into space. By using an electromagnetic mass driver and lunar manufacturing, it is https://t.co/G6N80BRUfU ...