Spire Global, a recently listed satellite constellation operator, is buying exactEarth, a Canadian ship-tracking company, in its first big acquisition, raising anticipation of greater space consolidation amid the wave of public corporations. Based in Vienna, Virginia, which has 110 Lemur satellites in the low Earth orbit and offers analysis and data-gathering services in marine and other industries,

A merger between a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and in-space transportation startup Momentus was approved by SPAC shareholders on August 11, the first of several such mergers scheduled to close in the coming month. At a special meeting, Stable Road Acquisition Corporation shareholders approved a merger with Momentus, with 97 percent voting in support of