India boosts space budget
Chris Forrester — India has increased its space-related budget for the upcoming 2026-2027 period to $1.64 billion which goes to the nation’s Dept. of Space. The total is ₹13,705.63 crore […]
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Scotland’s Comprehensive Space Sector Sustainability Assessment
On February 5, 2026, Callala Ltd, trading as SustainabilityOf.Space, announced the launch of the Scottish Space Sector Sustainability, Safety, and Security Maturity Assessment. This pioneering project, funded by Space Scotland […]
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Clearing the Queue: FCC’s Schedule A Firewall and the End of Anonymous Capital
This is the second in a continuing series on the strategic evolution of space regulation. Part one, “The 200,000-Satellite Filing: When Commercial Loopholes Become State Weapons,” examined how speculative filings distort global coordination. Part two examines the U.S. regulatory response.
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The Architecture We Inherited: Artemis, Commercial Space, and the Long Shadow of 2010
The January 17 rollout of Artemis II represents a genuine technical achievement and a policy paradox. To understand why NASA is rolling out a roughly $4 billion-per-launch vehicle in an era of reusable rockets, we must examine what happened in 2010, when three divergent futures began that are now converging on Pad 39B.
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Indian Space Association Urges “Critical Infrastructure” Status to Catalyze Long-Term Investment
Central to the ISpA’s mandate is a shift in government role from a developer to a primary customer, creating a guaranteed market for domestic innovations.
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The Orbital Pivot: Reconciling Scientific Discovery with the Trillion-Dollar Space Economy
The future of discovery is now inextricably linked to the success of private infrastructure.
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The Great Orbital Trench War: Sovereignty vs. The Starlink Surge
By Evan Grey, Legal Contributor, SatNews For decades, the satellite industry operated under a coordination framework designed to manage interference through established ITU and FCC procedures. As of today, January […]
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Congress Rejects White House Cuts, Proposes $24.4 Billion for NASA in FY2026
The proposed budget represents a $1.1 billion increase signaling strong legislative support.
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Missile Defense Agency Framework Signals Shift Toward Multi-Vendor IDIQ Framework
On December 22, 2025, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) advanced a structural transition in Pentagon procurement with the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract. This $151 billion Indefinite […]
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SDA Awards $1.6 Billion in Tranche 3 Tracking Layer Contracts to Rocket Lab and Northrop Grumman
As previously reported on SatNews, the Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded $3.5 Billion in contracts for a Tranche 3 Missile Tracking Constellation. On December 19, 2025 two of those agreements […]
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