Vice President Mike Pence and members of the National Space Council approved a series of recommendations Feb. 21 that make modest, and expected, reforms to regulations of commercial space activities.
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Air Force space budget choices under scrutiny; SecAF Wilson explains why SBIRS and JSTARS must go
For those who have been waiting for the Air Force to shake up its space investment portfolio, the budget request for 2019 was as disruptive as can be expected from the military.
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Announcing the Inaugural Class of the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program for Summer 2018
Twenty-Four Undergraduate and Graduate Students Selected for New Internship and Mentorship Program Inspiring Future Commercial Spaceflight Leaders The Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program — a new summer internship and executive mentorship […]
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Pentagon budget funds ‘small launch services’ to gain greater access to space
The Air Force creating a budget line for small launch is a “very good thing for the industry,” said Steve Nixon, vice president of strategic development at Stratolaunch.
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FCC chairman urges approval for SpaceX’s satellite internet constellation
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wants his agency approve SpaceX’s 15-month-old application to serve the U.S. with its proposed megaconstellation.
Posted inLaunch
ESA awards five smallsat launcher study contracts
The European Space Agency on Feb. 8 announced five companies will study potential small launch vehicles for the agency’s Future Launchers Preparatory Programme (FLPP).
Posted inCommercial
Foust Forward | Riding a big wave of small rockets
At last count, at least 35 small launch vehicles were in development. Some of them may actually fly. Will that wave of activity continue to swell this year, or will it break and crash?
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Getting the cloud above the clouds (and surviving a dry spell)
Sending data to and from different spots on Earth is big business for satellite operators, but Cloud Constellation sees a lucrative opportunity to offer satellites as the ultimate cloud storage solution for sensitive data.
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Avio expanding Vega launch abilities, mulls “light” mini-variant
Designers of Europe’s light-lift Vega rocket are creating a slew of new products intended to lure prospective customers away from India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and to fend off the coming wave of launch startups that are developing dedicated rockets for cubesats and other small satellites.
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Relativity Space aims to 3D print entire launch vehicles
Relativity Space, a startup based in Los Angeles that only recently emerged from stealth mode, plans to use 3D printing to produce entire launch vehicles, an approach it claims can be more cost effective than traditional manufacturing techniques.
