UAE Space Agency Drives Public-Private Collaboration at MIITE 2026
The UAE Space Agency (UAESA) concluded its participation at the fifth edition of the Make it in the Emirates (MIITE) 2026 forum on May 7, held at the ADNEC Centre […]
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SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Araz Feyzi, Kayhan Space
Araz Feyzi co-founded Kayhan Space to bring autonomous spaceflight safety tools to commercial and government operators. The company's Satcat platform tracks 60,000+ objects and has contracts with the DoD, Department of Commerce, and NASA. At SmallSat Europe, he delivers a Tech Brief on reentry data.
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Spectrum-Sharing Rules Get an Overhaul
On April 30, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to modernize its satellite spectrum-sharing rules, marking the most significant overhaul of these regulations since the 1990s. The new […]
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NASA Objects to Blue Origin’s “Project Sunrise”
As of today, May 5, 2026, NASA has officially submitted a filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) objecting to Blue Origin’s “Project Sunrise” application. The project, first revealed in […]
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ESA spells out satellite benefits – and risks
Chris Forrester — As a regular reader of this site you will no doubt be aware of the benefits that satellites give humanity. But a major study on April 30 […]
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SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Jorge Ciccorossi, ITU Radiocommunications Bureau
Jorge Ciccorossi, Head of the ITU's Space Strategy and Sustainability Division, has represented the Bureau at every World Radiocommunication Conference since 2003. At SmallSat Europe, he delivers a solo Market Brief on preparing European priorities for WRC-27.
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Canada Tightens Re-entry Regulations as SpaceX Starlink Constellations Descend
The Canadian government has introduced sweeping new regulatory measures to oversee satellite re-entry and orbital debris, directly coinciding with a massive reconfiguration of SpaceX’s Starlink fleet. On April 27, Transport […]
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The waiver was the policy. Thursday is the paperwork.
The FCC votes Thursday, April 30, to replace 1990s EPFD limits with a performance-based coordination framework. SpaceX got its waiver January 9; Amazon Kuiper followed in February. By the time the Commission codifies the new rules, the two largest LEO operators will have been running under them for three to four months. The vote is not the starting gun. It is the regularization of a head start.
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SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Tanja Masson-Zwaan, Leiden University
Tanja Masson-Zwaan co-authored the textbook on space law, advises the Dutch government, and arbitrates space disputes at The Hague. At SmallSat Europe, she joins a panel debating whether the EU Space Act strengthens the European space sector or insulates it from global competition.
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How CubeSat Proliferation is Redefining Sovereignty and Diplomatic Leverage at the United Nations
The rapid democratization of orbital access, driven by the modular CubeSat standard, has fundamentally altered the power dynamics within the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space […]
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