2026-11-05 opened from the Nov 5 space digest — $730 million Series D led by Janus Henderson at a valuation above $4.5 billion, with $100 million more in EXIM/JPMorgan debt and more than $1.2 billion raised in 2026, alongside Synchronicity, a planned 737-satellite, AI-enabled constellation for commercial, sovereign and defense missions spanning Ku-, Ka- and V-band across multiple orbits with onboard edge compute (SpaceNews — spacenews.com). Follows October's launch of Element-1, first of eight planned spacecraft with seven more launches secured; three acquisitions (Jariet Technologies, 1Aardvark, Vidrovr) underpin vertical integration, and a $500 million five-year Austin headquarters expansion targets 550 new jobs and a workforce past 1,000 by 2030. Watch: Synchronicity deployment pace, the seven remaining Element launches, the Austin expansion delivery. tags: funding, constellations