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Space acquisition finance

4 space financings of this type since 2015. Debt raised to fund an acquisition.

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4Financings on file
US$11.8bnFunded volume (US$ eq.)
4Issuers and borrowers
US$6.4bnLargest financing
2015: US$0m152016: US$0m162017: US$0m172018: US$0m182019: US$0m192020: US$0m202021: US$0m212022: US$0m222023: US$7.8bn2382024: US$3.2bn2432025: US$791m2512026: US$0m26
Space acquisition finance: funded volume by year. US$bn equivalent at approximate annual average rates; contingent and unfunded programme commitments are excluded.

Largest financing

Maxar take-private by Advent, 3 May 2023.

Banks and lenders named

RBC Capital Markets (1).

Counts are financings on file where the bank or lender is named. All lenders.

Financings

DateFinancingTypeAmount
30 Dec 2025Indra acquisition financing for HispasatAcquisition finance€700m
19 Jun 2024SES acquisition financing for IntelsatAcquisition finance€3bn
30 May 2023Viasat US$1.35bn acquisition financing for InmarsatAcquisition financeUS$1.35bn
3 May 2023Maxar take-private by AdventAcquisition financeUS$6.4bn

Totals are US$ equivalents of funded deals at approximate annual average rates; programme-level and conditional commitments are listed but left out. Records come from public, primary sources. How the register is built.

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