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Space stocks rallied broadly Tuesday as investor enthusiasm around SpaceX's initial public offering filing spread across the sector, lifting launch companies, satellite operators, and space-focused exchange-traded funds.

Redwire Corp. ended Tuesday's session 26% higher, with AST SpaceMobile Inc. adding 13% and MDA Space Ltd., the Canadian satellite and robotics company, posting a 4.9% gain. NASA's selection of Firefly Aerospace Inc.'s Elytra spacecraft to carry drones to the lunar surface under the Moonfall mission sent the company's shares up 19% on the day. Intuitive Machines Inc. dropped 8.9% after being passed over in NASA's selection process for a contract to construct lunar terrain rovers.

Over the past five trading sessions, the VanEck space ETF (ticker: WARP) has climbed 24%, fueled by surges across its portfolio of names such as Rocket Lab Corp., Planet Labs, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines, according to CNBC. Another space-focused fund, the Procure Space ETF (UFO), has returned roughly 65% since January and has more than doubled over the trailing six-month period, according to CNBC.

Tuesday's session marked the largest single-day advance since last April for a Bank of America index tracking U.S. companies at the center of the space race, which has now gained 57% in 2026, according to Bloomberg.

Analysts cited SpaceX's dominant position in orbital launch services as a catalyst lifting the broader sector. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Andres Sheppard told clients in a research note that the SpaceX IPO is bringing fresh capital and visibility to other well-positioned players across the industry, according to Bloomberg. In a Tuesday research note cited by CNBC, Roth senior analyst Rohit Kulkarni described SpaceX as holding a stranglehold on the orbital launch market, using the word "monopolistic" to characterize the company's dominance in mass-to-orbit delivery.

SpaceX filed its S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, seeking to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol SPCX. As Quartz has previously reported, the company generated $18.67 billion in revenue in 2025, with its Starlink satellite internet unit contributing $11.39 billion. SpaceX is targeting a raise of as much as $75 billion at a valuation above $2 trillion, which would surpass Saudi Aramco's $29.4 billion offering in 2019 as the largest IPO on record.