On National Security | Government taking steps to better support commercial space industry

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Live pitch events are one of several avenues the Air Force is pursuing to attract U.S.-owned startups and commercial businesses that are breaking new ground in space technology.

From the Magazine U.S. Air Force

Luxembourg expands its space resources vision

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Étienne Schneider is undaunted by early setbacks as he continues work to make Luxembourg a hotbed of entrepreneurial space, a scope that has expanded beyond, but has not abandoned, space resources.

From the Magazine IACLuxembourg

Op-ed | Envisioning the next 50 years in space

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New technologies, decreasing costs, foreign interests and the emergence of the private sector have heralded the forthcoming of the second space race and with it a hopeful future on the horizon.

From the Magazine Moon

Foust Forward | Voyager’s stellar achievement: A one-in-many-generations mission beyond the solar system

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Given a taste of interstellar space, scientists are looking for ways to follow up on the Voyagers.

From the Magazine Voyager
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Why Cloud Constellation turned down $100 million

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In December, Cloud Constellation was finalizing receipt of a $100 million investment that would help the startup deploy a ring of secure data-storage satellites in low Earth orbit. By spring, Cloud Constellation had walked away from the deal, citing a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, as one of the reasons.

From the Magazine CFIUSCloud Constellationinvestors

Space as a service takes root at RBC Signals

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RBC Signals is expanding its global network of ground stations by combining excess capacity in existing antenna networks with its own antennas. CEO Ron Faith spoke with SpaceNews about the lessons he sees in the growth of cellular networks at the World Satellite Business Week conference in September.

From the Magazine RBC Signals

Key enablers: Telespazio Vega’s cloud-based Enable aims to reduce cost of space operations

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For Telespazio Vega Deutschland, a subsidiary of the spaceflight services company Telespazio of Rome, the challenges faced by a new generation of space companies present enticing opportunities.

From the Magazine Telespazio Vega

The torture of CFIUS: A 2018 law is changing the way space industry startups raise money

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The U.S. Treasury Department hasn’t issued final regulations implementing the 2018 Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act, but space industry entrepreneurs already feel the law’s effect.

From the Magazine CFIUSinvestors

French startup ThrustMe found fast route to orbit through China’s Spacety

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French propulsion startup ThrustMe unexpectedly made it into orbit early this month with its innovative propulsion system placed aboard a Chinese cubesat.

From the Magazine SpacetyThrustMe

Op-ed | Global government space budgets continues multiyear rebound

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An expanding U.S. civil space budget is a main force behind recent growth in government space spending, but new civil space expenditures in Asia, the Middle East and Africa also contributed.

From the Magazine BudgetChinaFranceinternational space programsJapanRussia

Five upgrades ArianeGroup wants Europe to consider for Ariane 6

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Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket is a year away from its maiden flight, but prime contractor ArianeGroup is already preparing upgrades its says can be introduced in the launcher’s first three years of service.

From the Magazine Ariane 6ArianeGroupSpace19+

Four technology goals ESA favors for honing Europe’s competitive edge

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Europe’s space industry won’t be able to keep its technological edge without government support, the European Space Agency concludes in a report released ahead of the Space19+ ministerial conference.

From the Magazine European Space AgencySpace19+

ESA ministerial preview: Building the pillars for Europe’s future in space

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With ESA set to convene its triennial ministerial later this month, SpaceNews spoke with ESA Director General Jan Woerner about his hopes for Space19+

From the Magazine European Space AgencySpace19+

Op-ed | Living off the land: Lunar water is key to crewed space exploration

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The moon has formed the isolated backdrop for a new era of space exploration. As you read this, there are teams of exploration advocates around the world striving to reach its surface. This new age is one that is being led not by spacefaring superpowers seeking to fly flags and footprints but instead by numerous private companies.

From the Magazine lunar waterMoon

How to better manage space traffic: Aeolus/Starlink encounter shows emails and late-night phone calls no longer cut it

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Over the course of three days, attendees of the Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies, or AMOS, conference agreed on a number of issues regarding space situational awareness and space traffic management, even if they don’t know how to resolve all those problems.

From the Magazine Space Traffic Management
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China quietly used NASA’s Jupiter probe to test its deep space network

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China used signals sent from NASA’s Juno probe orbiting Jupiter to test the capabilities of ground stations vital to its deep space ambitions.

From the Magazine Chinadeep spaceJuno

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