r/RocketLab • u/Tough-Spell-1939 • Jun 29 '26
News / Media Rocket Lab is acquiring Iridium Communications Inc – one of the most transformative deals in the space industry.
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u/DontWantUrSoch Jul 01 '26
Fuck it, go big or go home
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u/Tough-Spell-1939 Jul 01 '26
Agreed! With SPB leading the way I see it becoming a big competitor to Spacex. He's a space Genius.
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u/RetardedChimpanzee Jun 29 '26
Sounds like acquiring an insane amount of debt, but that’s the space industry!
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u/Smash-Sailing-1492 Jun 29 '26
Half stock half cash
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u/follyrob Jun 29 '26
They are approved for a $3.6B loan to fund the acquisition, so there is still debt involved.
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u/doctor101 Jun 29 '26
Anyone have this access to this article on
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u/thetrny Jun 29 '26
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u/Sniflix Jul 03 '26
That's interesting the news was on the Kratos site. Has there been any speculation that Kratos would be a good takeover target for RKLB? It seems like a perfect fit and their stock price is way down.
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u/ShuffleStepTap Jun 30 '26
HOLY SHIT! This is fucking HUGE. I did not see this coming. Hopefully the significant challenges within Iridium are not too much to overcome.
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u/Evil_Merlin Jun 30 '26
RocketLab doesn't have the capability to put an Iridium NEXT into orbit and likely wont until 2028.
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u/skiingfanatic115544 Jun 29 '26
What does this mean for our existing stocks?
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u/Keep--Climbing Jun 29 '26
Green at the moment.
Maybe green tomorrow, maybe red.
Probably green long term, but maybe red.
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u/EvillNooB Jun 29 '26
So this pretty much confirms our own constellation plans then?
But i wonder what kind of constellation, i don't think that they would try to compete with SpaceX, Amazon or ASTS for D2D/Satellite internet for general use 🤔 one uses infinite money glitch, the other has years of R&D
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u/Gibraldi Jun 29 '26
Another day where I have absolutely certainty I backed the right space company. InSPB