Covering Space Sector Market Trends & Indices for October 2026, including:
VC funding plunged 85% to $489M across 23 deals from September’s record $3.2B. Xona’s $250M Series D accounted for half the total. YTD funding reached $15.1B, more than triple the $4.9B raised in January – October 2025. Space stocks sold off in October.
Our Core index fell 10%, and our Frontier index dropped 17%, vs. a 1% S&P 500 decline and a flat Russell 2000 Defense names led.