Rocket Lab Soars 12% on $8 Billion Iridium Takeover, AST SpaceMobile and Planet Labs Rise 10%

Rocket Lab announced a definitive agreement to acquire Iridium Communications in a cash-and-stock transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $8 billion. The deal is a major space-sector M&A event that is lifting related space stocks Monday morning and could reshape competitive positioning in satellite and launch services. Market reaction appears risk-on, with the announcement likely to move individual names across the space ecosystem.

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Rocket Lab announced a definitive agreement to acquire Iridium Communications in a cash-and-stock transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $8 billion. The deal is a major space-sector M&A event that is lifting related space stocks Monday morning and could reshape competitive positioning in satellite and launch services. Market reaction appears risk-on, with the announcement likely to move individual names across the space ecosystem.