Jan 21 (Reuters) - Space and defense company Voyager

Technologies said on Tuesday that it had confidentially filed

for an initial public offering in the United States, though the

number of shares to be offered and the price range have not yet

been determined.

The company, previously known as Voyager Space, announced

its rebranding as Voyager Technologies last week.

Strong equity markets, falling interest rates and hopes of a

friendlier regulatory environment for deals and offerings under

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration have ushered

several companies to list their shares.

Smithfield Foods revealed the terms for its U.S. IPO on

Tuesday, while LNG exporter Venture Global is set to go public

on Friday.

The space industry is also looking forward to policy changes

under the Trump administration. Elon Musk has maintained close

proximity with the president and united with him on plans to

send missions to Mars during his second term.

The administration is likely to do away with the White

House's National Space Council, a cabinet policy panel that

lobbyists at Musk's SpaceX have been pushing to axe, three

people familiar with the plans told Reuters on Tuesday.

Karman Holdings, a defense and space systems maker, also

filed on Tuesday to raise $100 million in an initial public

offering.

Voyager, founded in 2019, has operated more than 2,000

missions in space on behalf of commercial, civil, national

security and non-profit customers from about 35 nations, as per

the company website.

Voyager, which is in process of developing a private space

station - Starlab, raised $80 million in 2023, with the project

receiving aid from NASA in 2024.

Last year, Voyager and Airbus said they have

created a joint venture, Starlab Space LLC, which will design,

build, and operate the Starlab commercial space station.