On Thursday, securities of a number of companies in the space sector rose in price on the premarket in the United States after President Donald Trump signed a decree designed to speed up the issuance of rocket launch permits and expand the infrastructure of spaceports. Shares of AIRO Group (NASDAQ: AIRO) gained more than 11% before the opening of trading, Satellites (NASDAQ: SATL) – over 8%, and Rocket Lab USA (NASDAQ: RKLB) and Ast SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS) increased by about 1.6%. The document provides for the optimization of federal procedures governing commercial launches, which, according to analysts, may create incentives for Elon Musk's SpaceX and other private companies. The Department of Transportation has been instructed to cancel or accelerate environmental inspections related to launch licenses issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). SpaceX has already significantly outstripped its American competitors in the number of launches, including as part of the creation of its own satellite network. Musk has repeatedly criticized the FAA for protracted investigations and post–flight inspections, saying they are slowing down work on the Starship rocket, a key project for missions to the Moon and Mars. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space tourism division and other companies ready to increase the number of commercial launches are also called potential beneficiaries of the reforms.
