SpaceX may have graduated from the unicorn club with its IPO this summer, but the ranks of private space firms valued at $1 billion or more continue to swell, because nothing says "maturing industry" quite like an ever-expanding roster of companies worth ten figures.

The industry's growth is attracting a broader mix of deep-pocketed investors, who apparently looked at the cost of launching things into orbit and thought, "Yes, let's put money there."

SpaceNews has mapped this billion-dollar club as it expands from launch and satellite broadband into Earth observation, space stations, orbital data centers and other promising markets. Because if there's one thing the space sector needs, it's more places to store data that are inconveniently located above the atmosphere.

Drawing on public disclosures, SpaceNews reporting and other sources, each profile tracks when and how a company achieved unicorn status and its latest known valuation, alongside funding-round breakdowns and total capital raised from BryceTech's Startup Space database.

The analysis offers a window into where investors see the industry's biggest opportunities, as well as the forces rapidly reshaping the space economy - presumably including the force of gravity, which remains stubbornly free.

For those who wish to peer deeper into the billion-dollar club's membership roster, the full report is available for download. Complete the form below to receive access to SpaceNews Intelligence's Space's Growing Billion-Dollar Club.

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