Seraphim Space today announced the first meeting of its new global space futures advisory council, to assist with steering investment priorities as space becomes commercially relevant and politically significant.
Seraphim tracked $12.4B in global space investment in 2025—a dozen times more than in 2015. But the shift goes beyond the numbers—global perception of space is changing as the domain becomes more critical for national security and commercial infrastructure, officials wrote.
What this means: Seraphim will work with the council to “inform our long-term strategy as the sector becomes increasingly commercial, multipolar, and geopolitically consequential,” Rob Desborough, Seraphim general partner and council member, said in a statement.
The council will look at the most complex challenges plaguing the industry—from sustainability, to regulatory hurdles, to national security, to working across national borders, Candace Johnson, council chair and cofounder of SES, said in the same statement.
Big questions: Board members will wrestle with political and philosophical questions, including:
- “The next 10 years of space and SpaceTech investment” (tackled during the first meeting, at Space Symposium);
- What’s next for the fast-growing space industry in terms of regulation, cooperation, and sustainability;
- Space infrastructure’s role in “national security and energy resilience”;
- Using sat data for comms, AI, and climate monitoring;
- Creating a “multipolar space economy.”
From ISS to SES: The initial six members of the council—which is expected to grow to 10 members—were appointed to two year terms.
Seeing double: Seraphim wasn’t the only one launching a new advisory council during the symposium. On Wednesday, the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) also established the Space Governance Working Group (SGWG), which will consider policy and legal challenges facing the industry.
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