LEOStartups

Apex Unveils Larger Satellite Bus, Dubbed Comet

“From cell phone towers in space for consumer technology [to] unique sensing missions, or as an interceptor platform for Golden Dome, Comet is the clear choice to accelerate the most ambitious space missions,” Apex CEO Ian Cinnamon said in a statement.  

LEOPolicyScience

Dark Sky Advocates Fight Against a Bright Future

Advocates for dark and quiet skies are outgunned.  Many would call the rise of constellations in LEO an economic and tech boon for everything from connectivity to EO. Astronomers, however, call them a nuisance getting in the way of their clear shot of the night sky. Without any robust regulations to protect astronomical observations from […]

CivilLEO

Trump Team Plans To Push TraCSS Out of Government

The White House wants the long-awaited Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) to be handed over to a non-profit or private company, backtracking on a mandate in the first Trump administration to move it into the Office of Space Commerce.