Nebex and Thrusters Unlimited partner to structure and execute sovereign space programs, beginning in Latin America. The two companies formalise their collaboration under a signed Framework Agreement, beginning with $700M in initial sovereign space programs in Latin America. New York and Mexico City - WEBWIRE - Monday, October 5, 2026 [New York and Mexico City, 5 October 2026] - Nebex, the commercial exchange infrastructure for the global space economy, and Thrusters Unlimited today announced a partnership to structure and execute sovereign space programs, beginning in Latin America. Under a signed Framework Agreement, the two companies will orchestrate complex sovereign space transactions end to end. Thrusters Unlimited brings local industrial and stakeholder capability. Nebex provides the transaction structuring, capital alignment, and execution infrastructure that turn national space ambitions into deliverable programs. The companies have begun structuring $700 million in initial sovereign space program, spanning Earth observation, telecommunications and other strategic space capabilities. Nebex and Thrusters Unlimited will work together to structure these programs for execution, aligning procurement, industrial participation and capital around each transaction. The partnership pairs two capabilities the sovereign space market rarely finds together. Governments across emerging space nations are committing to earth observation, telecommunications, and national capability programs. Sovereign space programs increasingly require the coordination of government demand, industrial supply, capital, procurement requirements and national industrial priorities. The collaboration is designed to bring those elements into a single executable transaction structure. "Sovereign space programs succeed or fail on executability, not ambition. Thrusters Unlimited understands the ground in Latin America. Together we give governments a credible path from intent to program, structured around the capital, procurement and industrial requirements needed for execution," said Tejpaul Bhatia, CEO of Nebex. "The region is ready to move on serious space programs. Working with Nebex gives our partners the structuring and execution infrastructure these programs demand, on terms governments can stand behind," said Benjamín Najar Jr., Founder & CEO of Thrusters Unlimited. About Nebex Nebex is the market infrastructure for the global space economy, enabling complex space transactions to be structured, cleared and executed across sovereign demand, industrial supply and capital. Founded by former Axiom Space executives and serial entrepreneurs Tejpaul Bhatia and Anand Subramanian, Nebex's mission is to build a functioning space economy, where money moves through the space industry the way it moves through every other market on Earth. Nebex is backed by GV, Eniac Ventures, 2048 Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Oceans Ventures, AIN Ventures, Also Capital, Anagram, Armory Square Ventures, Multiball Capital, Trajectory Capital, and VSC Ventures. For more information, visit https://www.nebex.com. About Thrusters Unlimited Founded in 2018, Thrusters Unlimited is the first and only Mexican aerospace company to own and operate a very high-resolution Earth observation satellite constellation. Backed by over 40 years of foundational expertise in aerospace technology development and integration, the company provides end-to-end Earth observation services. Thrusters Unlimited delivers high-precision satellite imagery and advanced data analytics, managed through its proprietary telemetry networks and dedicated data retrieval software. The company actively drives commercial and defense-related space innovations across Latin America and beyond. Media contacts Nebex Eric Gonzalez VSC for Nebex [email protected] WebWireID361383 * Contact Information - Addie Quinlan - PR for Nebex - VSC - Contact via E-mail This news content may be integrated into any legitimate news gathering and publishing effort. Linking is permitted. Distribute your news. * Every day, hundreds of individuals and companies choose WebWire to distribute their news. * WebWire places your news within numerous highly trafficked news search engines generating leads and publicity. * Submit Your Release Now!

Interstellar Lab and Nebex partner to open $400 million in space life-support demand. 09.09.26 By Interstellar Lab & Nebex French company has already mapped $37 million in immediate revenue opportunities, and more than $400 million over five years - prior to new budgets. Partnership follows Nebex's €100 million Industrial Return Initiative for French space companies. Paris, September 9, 2026 - Interstellar Lab, the French-American company building AI-powered systems for food production and regenerative life support on Earth and in Space, today announced a partnership with Nebex, the commercial exchange for cross-border space procurement. Interstellar Lab's lunar greenhouse Bloom Together, the two companies have mapped more than $37 million in identifiable revenue opportunities available to Interstellar Lab now, and more than $400 million over the next five years, for Interstellar Lab's food-production, plant-cultivation, and regenerative life-support systems in Low Earth Orbit and on the Moon. These figures reflect sovereign demand that is already visible and accessible. They exclude incremental budgets or commercial opportunities still to be announced. Life-support becomes real when it is treated as infrastructure - with customers, contracts, and industrial return - not as a one-off demonstration. Nebex gives French deeptech a path to those contracts without waiting for a new budget cycle. The $37 million Interstellar Lab Inc see in the next two years, and the $400 million over a decade in LEO and on the Moon, is demand that already exists. Barbara Belvisi (CEO & Founder at Interstellar Lab) The partnership builds on Nebex's €100 million Industrial Return Initiative, launched in France on 17 August 2026. The program converts eligible cross-border space spending into commercial value for French space companies, matching €1 of qualifying foreign expenditure with €1 of industrial return at home. Participating startups also gain access to Nebex's network of sovereign buyers, commercial opportunities, and capital. Opening sovereign demand for food and life support As activity expands across commercial LEO stations and under lunar programs, demand is shifting from demonstration payloads to operational systems that produce food, recycle air and water, and support longer missions. Interstellar Lab's portfolio is built for that shift: Eden payloads for commercial stations, Bloom for Mission Little Prince on the lunar surface with Astrolab, and the MoonPod program targeted for 2028. Nebex provides the missing commercial layer. It matches that supply with aggregated sovereign and commercial demand, reduces cross-border procurement friction, and turns industrial-return policy into contracted revenue. "Space is no longer constrained by technology. It is constrained by how money and industrial value crosses borders. Interstellar Lab is what the France initiative was built for. For every euro France puts into an eligible space program, we structure the deal so industrial value returns through real contracts." - Tejpaul Bhatia (Co-Founder and CEO at Nebex.) What the partnership covers Under the partnership, Interstellar Lab will use the Nebex platform to: Access aggregated sovereign and commercial demand for plant-growth payloads, bioregenerative modules, and related services in LEO and on the Moon; Qualify eligible cross-border space expenditure under Nebex's Industrial Return Initiative, so French industrial value can be captured on contracts that would otherwise sit offshore; Structure multi-year commercial pathways aligned with existing station and lunar mission timeline; Engage capital that can underwrite delivery, not only R&D, as programs move from demonstration to operations. The $37 million immediate pipeline and $400 million five-year outlook cover LEO food-production and plant-research systems, plus lunar surface and habitat-adjacent regenerative life-support infrastructure. They are opportunity estimates derived from mapped demand on the Nebex network and known program roadmaps, prior to any new national or agency budget increase. Interstellar Lab's plant growth unit Eden Global government space spending reached $138 billion in 2025. Supply remains concentrated in the United States and Europe, while a growing set of sovereign programs seek access to capabilities they do not produce domestically. Nebex estimates a multi-tens-of-billions annual export gap. Its France initiative was created so that accessing the best global capability and building a domestic industrial base are no longer treated as a trade-off. Interstellar Lab develops autonomous BioPods to grow plants more efficiently on Earth and in Space. Interstellar won NASA Deep Space Food Challenge and is flying its payload in 2027 with Vast (LEO) and in 2028 Astrolab (Moon). On Earth, Interstellar works with L'Oréal, Robertet, and dsm-firmenich and provides them with autonomous greenhouses for high value plant production. The company closed a $15 million Series Seed in June 2026, bringing total capital raised to $17 million. Nebex was founded in 2025 by Tejpaul Bhatia and Anand Subramanian, former Axiom Space executives, and Manlio Di Stefano, former Italian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs. The company raised a $30 million seed round led by GV (Google Ventures) in June 2026 and provides a commercial exchange to connect space suppliers, sovereign buyers, and capital. In France, Nebex is led by Etienne Cassuto. About Interstellar Lab Interstellar Lab builds AI-controlled biospheric systems to grow life autonomously on Earth and in space. Its mission is to preserve biodiversity on Earth and expand it beyond the planet. Learn more at interstellarlab.com. About Nebex Nebex is building the market infrastructure platform for the global space economy to connect space companies with sovereign buyers and the capital required to close and settle cross-border programs, with a model designed to deliver 100 percent industrial return on eligible foreign space spending. Learn more at nebex.com. Media contacts Interstellar Lab [email protected]|[email protected] Media inquiries via nebex.com Forward-looking statements. Opportunity figures are estimates based on currently visible demand and program roadmaps. They are not booked backlog and do not constitute guidance. Actual results will depend on contract awards, mission schedules, export controls, and financing. MoreonNews. Join a team of people passionate about space. Its ultimate goal is to lead humanity on the next giant leap, the exploration of Mars.