Space ETFs: what each one holds
See every space ETF by what it holds, not by its name. Funds that hold satellite operators, launch companies and the aerospace suppliers that build for them. 10 funds, largest first. Updated Oct 21, 2026. The typical fund carries 15% of its weight in S&P 500 names, the 44th most of the 53 themes with filed books.
The short answers
What these funds actually own
Between them the 9 funds' ten largest holdings name 54 companies, of which 12 appear in more than one. SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP is among the ten largest of 8 of them, at an average of 12.4% of the fund.
Space ETFs, the companies their ten largest holdings name. The 15 most widely held of 54. Source: each fund's latest SEC filing or its issuer’s own daily holdings file, read by ETFIQ.
How this is counted
Each row counts the ten largest holdings of each fund, so a fund missing from a row may still hold that company lower down. Weights are of the funds that name it, not of the theme.
Share of each fund's weight in S&P 500 companies. Above half, the fund is mostly the S&P 500.
The 10 largest space ETFs
ETFIQ covers 10 space ETFs. The largest are NASA ($966m), ARKX ($705m) and UFO ($587m); fees run 0.35% to 0.75%, as of .
- 1NASA$966m0.75%Tema Space Innovators ETF
- 2ARKX$705m0.75%ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF
- 3UFO$587m0.75%Procure Space ETF
- 4MARS$42m0.75%Roundhill Space & Technology ETF
- 5ORBX$39m0.50%Global X Space Tech ETF
- 6WARP$37m0.50%VanEck Space ETF
- 7GALX$3m0.75%VistaShares Space Supercycle ETF
- 8FSPC$2m0.65%First Trust Bloomberg Space Economy ETF
- 9WSPC$1m0.75%WisdomTree Space Economy Fund
- 10DIPR$1m0.35%Corgi Space & Satellite Communications ETF
Every space ETF, largest first
Click a column to sortPoints (pts) are percentage points.
| Ticker | Fund | Issuer | Net assets ↓ | In the S&P 500 | Active share | Total return 1Y | vs its benchmark 1Y | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASA | Tema Space Innovators ETF → | Tema | $966m | 2.5% | 99.9% | first traded 204 days ago | · | 0.75% |
| ARKX | ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF → | ARK | $705m | 53.0% | 83.6% | −0.6% | −17.1 pts vs VOO | 0.75% |
| UFO | Procure Space ETF → | Procure | $587m | 35.8% | 98.6% | +6.2% | not measured | 0.75% |
| MARS | Roundhill Space & Technology ETF → | Roundhill | $42m | 0.0% | 100.0% | first traded 230 days ago | · | 0.75% |
| ORBX | Global X Space Tech ETF → | Global X | $39m | 0.0% | 100.0% | first traded 189 days ago | · | 0.50% |
| WARP | VanEck Space ETF → | VanEck | $37m | 5.5% | 100.0% | first traded 167 days ago | · | 0.50% |
| GALX | VistaShares Space Supercycle ETF → | VistaShares | $3m | 14.8% | 99.0% | first traded 97 days ago | · | 0.75% |
| FSPC | First Trust Bloomberg Space Economy ETF → | First Trust | $2m | 28.0% | 98.8% | first traded 104 days ago | · | 0.65% |
| WSPC | WisdomTree Space Economy Fund → | WisdomTree | $1m | not yet filed | not yet filed | first traded 104 days ago | · | 0.75% |
| DIPR | Corgi Space & Satellite Communications ETF → | Corgi | $1m | 22.0% | 99.7% | first traded 168 days ago | · | 0.35% |
How much of each pair is the same fund
The closest pair is MARS and WARP, which hold 76% of their weight in the same companies. The furthest apart is ARKX and ORBX at 7%. The middle pair of the 36 is 30%. The grid is the 9 largest of 10 funds.
Space ETFs, the share of each pair’s weight held in the same companies. Read across or down; the figure is the same either way. Cells are shaded against the closest pair here, 76%. Source: each fund’s own filed or daily holdings, read by ETFIQ.
How to read the grid
Weight overlap adds the smaller of the two weights for every company both funds hold. Funds with a cut-short book are left out, not compared short.
What each fund holds alone
The largest holding no other fund in the grid holds, and how much of the fund is in names none of the others own.
Space ETFs, the largest holding no other fund in the grid holds. Source: ETFIQ.
Questions people ask
- How many space ETFs are there?
- ETFIQ covers 10 US listed space ETFs as of Oct 21, 2026. That is every one it can measure from the fund’s own published holdings.
- What is the largest space ETF?
- NASA, Tema Space Innovators ETF, at $966m in net assets as of Oct 20, 2026, the largest of the 10 space ETFs with a published size.
- What is the cheapest space ETF?
- DIPR, Corgi Space & Satellite Communications ETF, at 0.35% a year by its prospectus filed May 14, 2026, the lowest fee of the 10 space ETFs that publish one.
- Which space ETF has performed best over the past year?
- UFO, Procure Space ETF, at +6.2% total return over the year to Oct 21, 2026, the highest of the 2 space ETFs with a full year of trading behind them. Past returns do not predict future ones.
- What do space ETFs hold?
- Funds that hold satellite operators, launch companies and the aerospace suppliers that build for them. Between them the 9 space ETFs ETFIQ can read name 54 companies in their ten largest holdings, by holdings dated May 31, 2026 to Oct 21, 2026, most widely SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP, which is among the ten largest of 8 of them.
- Do space ETFs hold the same companies?
- It depends which two. Across the 36 pairs of the 9 space ETFs with a full published book, by holdings dated May 31, 2026 to Oct 21, 2026, MARS and WARP hold 76% of their weight in the same companies, ARKX and ORBX hold 7%, and the middle pair holds 30%. Two funds sold on one theme are not the same fund.
What the issuers say about this theme
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