SpaceCom Conference & Exposition

SpaceCom, the Global Commercial Space Conference and Exposition, is the leading annual event that mobilizes an elite group of professionals that are serious about the business of space. Join thousands of the world’s top space professionals from …

11th IAASS Conference: Manging Risk in Space

The 11th IAASS Conference “Managing Risk in Space”, organized in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is an invitation to reflect and exchange information on a number of space safety and sustainability topics of natio…

SES Live: Space Investing

Investor Focus – Lessons from a Venture Capitalist

The SpaceCom Entrepreneur Summit (SES) has become an influential force in the global space community. In the past five years, over 150 companies have participated in SES events that h…

DoD space strategy highlights role of private sector

DoD says the growth of commercial space capabilities has added complexity to the space operating environment.

Venture capital slowdown a concern for military space programs, analysts warn

Todd Harrison: “If we want to be competitive we don’t want to lose this vital part of the space industrial base.”

Op-ed | U.S. should think about the space economy as a single entity

Government and industry leaders have to bridge the gap between government and commercial space.

Space industry group warns small companies will not survive crisis without stimulus

CSF President Eric Stallmer: “The large companies will weather the storm. I’m worried about their suppliers."

Op-ed | Proliferated LEO is risky but necessary

The world is moving inexorably to proliferated constellations. This is a logical progression and generally a good thing. But like many good things, it is not without risks.

2010-2019: The decade in space

It was a decade of enormous change. When it began, SpaceX was on the ropes, cubesats were teaching tools, NASA’s lunar ambitions were back on hold and no one in Washington was calling for a Space Force.

Foust Forward | The perils of prediction in spaceflight

The end of the year, and especially the end of a decade, prompts reflections on what’s taken place over the last 12 or 120 months. But it’s also an opportunity to look ahead and try to predict what will happen in the year or decade to come.

Op-ed | Growth is great but innovation is the real investment

While the physics associated with getting into orbit have not changed, the people, methods and ways we access and enable space have evolved. Credit the fuel of federal policy changes and innovation environments as the real force multipliers.

Cruz criticizes House for lack of action on commercial space legislation

The chairman of the Senate’s space subcommittee said Oct. 31 that his counterparts in the House seemed uninterested in working on legislation to modernize commercial space regulations.

Companies express varying interest in NASA’s ISS commercialization plan

NASA’s announcement of a new low Earth orbit commercialization strategy has prompted varying degrees of interest from companies, but even the most ardent supporters caution that the “devil is in the details.”

LEO commercialization studies show wide range of markets and demand

Studies of commercialization of low Earth orbit performed by a dozen teams last year have left NASA with little consensus on the potential demand for commercial use of the International Space Station or follow-on facilities.

Suppliers hope to tap into growing space market

A supplier base of hardware and service vendors sees opportunities for new business from the growing number of satellite and launch vehicle ventures, even if space remains a small part of their overall business.

Why a Space Force could be good for business

Wallis Laughrey, vice president of space systems at Raytheon, said a Space Force could help better align contractors with DoD space needs.