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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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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 future of discovery is now inextricably linked to the success of private infrastructure.
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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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The proposed budget represents a $1.1 billion increase signaling strong legislative support.
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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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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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On Thursday, December 18, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order titled “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” establishing a revised framework for U.S. civil, commercial, and national security space […]
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In a move that signals a paradigm shift for the future of American space exploration, the U.S. Senate has officially confirmed Jared Isaacman as the next Administrator of NASA. The […]
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Space Bureau has designated SpaceX’s modification application for a new 15,000-satellite Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) shell as “acceptable for filing,” initiating the […]
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