Space and Satellite Startups Have Absorbed a Record $20.3B in Funding So Far in 2026
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Crunchbase data shows $20.3 billion in global seed-through-growth funding into space and satellite companies year to date, already the highest annual total on record with four months left. The AI connection is direct: orbital compute, satellite-backed data center power, and Earth-observation model training are pulling capital that previously stayed terrestrial. Crunchbase totals lag on undisclosed rounds, so read this as a floor.