Rocket Lab shares rose 6.29% to $74.89 after the company announced a multi-year agreement to launch 20 Electron missions for Tokyo-based Earth observation company Synspective, while a separate SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission helped lift space stocks. The Synspective contract is Electron’s largest commercial launch agreement, raises the customer’s total Rocket Lab missions to 47 and pushes Rocket Lab’s backlog beyond 100 missions. The launches will carry StriX synthetic aperture radar satellites to sun-synchronous orbit from Launch Complex 1 annually from 2028 through 2031. SpaceX stock was also reported at $156.76, up 6%, after a Falcon 9 launched two Unseenlabs maritime-surveillance satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on October 1; Rocket Lab reached $75.30, up 7%, in that earlier market update. AST SpaceMobile rose 2% to $58.20, the Procure Space ETF gained 3% to $43.11 and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust advanced 0.96% to $771.35. The newer market update said the Nasdaq rose 0.93%, the S&P 500 gained 0.53% and industrials advanced 0.58%. Synspective aims to build a constellation able to image any location on Earth within hours, day or night and in any weather. Rocket Lab’s technical picture remained mixed, with the stock above its short-term moving averages but below longer-term averages and a death cross formed in August. Investors are weighing whether the launch contract and broader space-stock momentum can establish a durable rally.