20.12.2025

Starfighters Space sold shares Dec. 18, raising $22.1 million gross that the company says will support its pursuit of its StarLaunch suborbital space launch programs.

“With this milestone completed, looking ahead, we are laser focused on preparing our StarLaunch platforms to address the backlog of customer orders, begin launches out of Texas and grow our hypersonic [research] platform to unlock additional revenue streams and continue scaling our business,” CEO and founder Rick Svetkoff said in a celebratory statement after the share sale.

Starfighters Space is based at Kennedy Space Center and provides F-104s as flying testbeds for high-speed technologies. The public offerings come as the company tries to seize on growing investor interest in defense and space technology and services.

“Over the past several decades, space and satellite technology has become the invisible foundation of our digital world, and we believe our successful listing signals a proven belief in the value of this industry and the appetite from investors for forward-thinking companies like ours capable of pushing the boundaries of what is possible in low Earth orbit,” Svetkoff said.

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