Astronomy Prints 🌌: Breaking: Cowboy Space becomes one of the space industry’s fastest unicorns

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Breaking: Cowboy Space becomes one of the space industry’s fastest unicorns

05/11/2026

BREAKING NEWS

Cowboy Space raises $275 million to build rockets with orbital data center upper stages

Cowboy Space, which emerged from stealth less than two years ago as Aetherflux to develop space-based solar power, has raised $275 million at a $2 billion valuation to build rockets with upper stages that would serve as data centers once in low Earth orbit. The deal makes Cowboy one of the space industry’s fastest “unicorns” — privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more. —By Jason Rainbow

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