From the Magazine
Airbus eyes new customers for OneWeb Satellites
Debra Facktor, head of Airbus U.S. Space Systems, is banking on government demand for commodity satellites.
Government’s role in the small launch market not quite black and white
The U.S. government, particularly the Defense Department, will play a decisive role in selecting which small launch providers stay in business.
The space sector is finally finding its way to the exits
As a wave of acquisitions washes over the space industry, NewSpace investors are finally finding the exits — just not where they expected them to be.
Foust Forward | Space at the table for everyone
As its first term nears its end, the Trump administration has yet to issue its own national space policy, despite a wave of more specific space policy documents on everything from space traffic management to the Space Force.
MarCO shows interplanetary cubesats possible but not easy
NASA’s MarCO mission showed that interplanetary cubesat missions, while possible, are anything but easy.
Op-ed | Lunapolitics: 10 points to consider
Renewed competition for the moon is the basis for the rise of Lunapolitics: where political and economic interests intersect with the topography and physical properties of the moon, from its subsurface through to cislunar space.
For Mars sample return, Perseverance is required
Mars scientists know the importance of perseverance. given the setbacks. That’s especially true of the quest to retrieve samples from the Red Planet.
NASA’s blueprint for the Red Planet
SpaceNews brought together a trio of experts to discuss Perseverance, the search for life, and future human exploration of Mars.
China raises the stakes with second Mars attempt
China’s first attempt to reach Mars never left Earth orbit. It’s finally ready to try again, this time with bigger goals.
U.S. Space Force creates acquisition command to build culture of innovation
The traditional way of buying satellites and other space systems is problematic, Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, the leader of the U.S. Space Force has said, as programs take a decade or longer to move through the military acquisition process and struggle to keep up with commercial space innovation.
How the space sector is responding to the killing of George Floyd
Since late May, the space industry, like organizations and individuals around the world, has been responding to the Black Lives Matter movement and calls for racial justice.
The UAE’s hope for success at Mars, and at home
A Mars mission is all the more difficult for a country with little spaceflight experience. Yet, the United Arab Emirates is willing to try.
Just in time for severe weather: Radio occultation data feeds NOAA weather models
NOAA forecasters predicting an active 2020 hurricane season are refining storm track and intensity forecasts thanks to data from multiple satellites, including the second Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC-2).
UCAR’s president talks about space weather, radio occultation and a multidisciplinary approach to Earth science
As Congress and the Trump Administration seek to improve space weather coordination, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is eager to help.
The long countdown to commercial crew’s liftoff
How a 2005 call for ‘skin in the game’ started a 15-year countdown to the first human orbital spaceflight from U.S. soil since 2011
Op-ed | Is the future of space ops officeless?
Satellite experts should be asking: why is the space industry, the original ‘remote’ industry, behind the curve when it comes to truly remote operations?
