LaunchPolicy

FAA Announces New Committee To Evaluate Launch Regs

The FAA is establishing a new committee to improve its launch licensing requirements after industry officials complained that the agency’s 2021 update made life more difficult.

InternationalPolaris

Russia Pursues New ASAT Capability Amid Declining Space Program

The news of Russia pursuing a new ASAT capability comes nearly two years after its invasion of Ukraine, which sparked international sanctions that harmed the nation’s economy and placed a strain on its once-great space program. 

BusinessLEO

China Could Fill Potential Post-ISS Gap in LEO, Industry Says

The US is at risk of losing leadership in LEO to China if commercial space stations do not come to fruition before the ISS plunges into the sea, two industry officials told lawmakers on Wednesday.

CivilMilitary

Congress Reveals Russia’s Possible Nuclear ASAT Plans

Congress was thrown into a frenzy yesterday amid reports that Russia is working on a space-based nuclear capability that could target satellites in LEO.

MilitaryPolaris

The State of National Security Space Policy 2024

It’s time for the four-year-old Space Force to move out of the establishment phase and work through what it really means to conduct military operations in orbit, including translating 30,000-foot doctrine to the tactical level, according to two former defense officials.

EquitiesStartups

Exclusive: Heliux Comes Out of Stealth With $2M In Funding

Heliux, a startup building an AI-powered enterprise operating system, is emerging from stealth today with the announcement of its first $2M funding round.

Policy

NASA’s Signal to Industry & More Challenges Facing Space

What keeps NASA’s chief economist up at night? Figuring out how to send consistent demand signals to industry in a constrained budget environment. 

EOInternational

BlackSky Wins $50M Project To Give Indonesia Eyes in the Sky

BlackSky inked ~$50M-worth of contracts with the Indonesian Ministry of Defense to provide the agency access to the company’s commercial space-based intelligence, with plans to build a sovereign capability for the country down the road.

EquitiesStartupsVC/PE

AI Startup Synthetaic Closes $15M Series B

Synthetaic closed a $15M Series B round on Tuesday that will help bring its AI-driven image search tech to market. 

PolarisPolicy

The State of Civil Space Policy 2024

If the past few years have been about growth and planning in the space community, 2024 is the year of regulation and execution, according to some leading space experts. 

BusinessEuropeInternationalStartups

Satellite IoT Firm Opens Portugal Office

Spain-based FOSSA Systems is expanding internationally for the first time with the opening of a new subsidiary in Portugal, the company announced Tuesday.

Military

Report: DoD Needs Better Plan to Partner With Allies In Orbit

A lack of cohesiveness across the US space enterprise is getting in the way of cooperation with allies, according to a report released this week by RAND. 

MilitaryPolaris

Space Force Earns a ‘Marginal’ Grade From Heritage Foundation

The Space Force is not currently able to offer troops the real-time operational intelligence from space that would be required during a potential conflict conflict with an adversary like China, according to a report from the Heritage Foundation.