Morning Dew, Wednesday, November 11
Morning Dew: SpaceX launches today
THE BRIEF
OPENING BELL
Biggest gaps at the open. The move is the open against that last close, not the day.
SIGNALS
AST SpaceMobile and Rakuten agreed to form a joint venture to build a direct to device satellite network in Japan, backed by up to $1b in Japanese government funding. source
The Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital made a $150 million conditional loan commitment to Rocket Lab to raise the flight rate of its Neutron rocket, whose debut is set for no earlier than 2027. source
NASA selected Rocket Lab and SpaceX among eight providers for Commercial Lunar Payload Services lunar delivery contracts worth up to $10 billion in missions. source
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