Space Industry’s Top Priorities For the New Congress
Not surprisingly, regulatory reform is on everyone’s wishlist.
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2024 Orbital Launch Attempts by Country
In 2024, US (*ahem, SpaceX*) launch numbers grew, while China, Russia, and Europe plateaued.
What to Expect in 2025
2024 was a record-breaking year for the global space industry. More launches from more spaceports brought more satellites into orbit, and 2025 is expected to be no different.
Op-ed: DoD’s Constellation Plans Need New Acquisition Strategy
The Space Force has proven the government can launch a sat on short notice—but you can’t launch what you haven’t built.
2024 Top 5: Lunar
From NASA’s Artemis missions to more commercial lunar landing attempts to other nations’ journeys to the Moon’s surface, it’s clear that the entire world has its sights set on the Moon. But building a sustainable lunar economy—the goal of space agencies and the commercial sector—will require advancements in everything from power generation to mining to agriculture.
2024 Top 5: AI In Orbit
After years of AI changing the way people work on Earth, the tech is finally having its moment in the space industry’s spotlight.
2024 Top 5: The EO Sector
EO sats provide critical eyes in the skies for everything from collecting national security intelligence to assessing the damage after a natural disaster to tracking natural resources.
2024 Top 5: Space Policy
Most of the biggest space policy story lines of 2024 were actually about 2025, including how the incoming second Trump administration could reshape and prioritize space, the officials who will oversee those efforts, and some new faces on Capitol Hill as well.
2024 Top 5: National Security Space
In 2024, the Defense Department built on its efforts to deepen ties with the commercial sector, including releasing its first formal strategy to govern cooperation with industry and expanding its use of commercial space imagery.
2024 Top 5: Around the World
From China’s Moon landing to European investments to India’s ambitious space goals, here are five of our top international space stories of the year.
2024 Top 5: Launch
There was no shortage of launch news in 2024. From the debut of new rockets to the retirement of old workhorses, from leadership changes at some startups to others pivoting away from the launch industry all together, it was a year filled with shakeups in how platforms get to space.
Our Top 10 National Security Space Takeaways For 2024
As commercial and scientific traffic picks up in space from actors around the world, the US military space community has spent 2024 making sure they’re prepared to secure the flourishing domain.