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Embracing Speed and Iteration At the recent Space Canada Horizons conference, Canadian Space Agency President Lisa Campbell announced a major shift in how the organization approaches space procurement. Moving away […]
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The United States government and primary domestic commercial satellite operators have restricted public access to high-resolution aerial imagery across Iran and the broader Middle East conflict zone. The data blackout […]
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The United States is advancing its tactical low-Earth orbit (LEO) capabilities with active deployments, while European counterparts are still in the prototyping stage. This divergence creates a significant timeline mismatch. Without a designated NATO authority to mandate interoperability standards, the alliance faces a critical decision on how to ensure a cohesive space-based defense architecture before the 2026 budget cycle.
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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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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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Nearly $3 billion in private capital has been invested in commercial LEO. A business controller's read on why the numbers are more interesting than the narrative.
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Secretary Troy Meink and space acquisition advisor Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy laid out Space Force execution plans, SDA-style PAE reform, and a multi-year satellite buying push at Space Symposium 2026.
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Chief of Space Operations uses his final Space Symposium briefing to set force design through 2040, scale procurement and press allied integration.
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Targeting the growing requirement for resilient space domain awareness and autonomous orbital infrastructure, the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will unveil its latest suite of revolutionary technologies at the 41st […]
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The NASA fiscal year 2027 budget proposal, released on April 6, 2026, reveals a stark strategic pivot spearheaded by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. A former commercial astronaut and founder of […]
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