2018 Global Satellite Servicing Forum (GSSF)

On-orbit satellite servicing and maintenance capabilities (including manufacturing and assembly) are emerging as the cornerstone of future commercial and civil space activities.

The Global Satellite Servicing Forum (GSSF), to be held at the…

Pompeo and Mattis should add space cooperation to the U.S.-India strategic partnership

The U.S.-India strategic partnership may become the most important relationship of the century. Space cooperation will contribute to the relationship’s long-term success.

Op-ed | Australia and America: United for a New Space Age

With its economic ties to Japan and China, in addition to its bond with the British Commonwealth and the citizens of the United States, Australia is ready to co-write the next chapter of the New Space Age.

Japan Seeks To Become Full Partner with U.S. in Space

As American and Japanese officials praised the strong relationship the two countries share in civil and military space activities, one Japanese officials at a recent forum said he sought to elevate his country’s role in that partnership.

U.S. Considers Making it Easier To Launch from India

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is starting a review of a decade-old policy that discourages the use of Indian launch vehicles by American companies, an official said Oct. 20.

Op-ed | American Leadership in Space 2.0

The United States is doing more in space than ever before in ways that no other country can match, but the main driver for this new leadership is the commercial space sector, not the government.

Op-ed | We Must Be Our Own Kennedy

“We cannot wait for the next Kennedy to set us on our path to the stars,” writes Space Frontiers Foundation co-founder Rick Tumlinson. “We must be our own Kennedys, set the path ourselves and do what it takes to make it happen

Eumetsat Disputes U.S. Air Force Claim that It Reversed Itself on Indian Ocean Coverage

The head of Europe’s Eumetsat meteorological satellite organization denied a U.S. Air Force allegation that Eumetsat had reneged on a promise to maintain weather coverage over the Indian Ocean, thus forcing the Air Force to scramble to find replacement capacity.

House Appropriators Reject Budget Increase for FAA Commercial Space Office

A House appropriations subcommittee approved a spending bill for the FAA that does not include an increase for the FAA’s space office, despite repeated concerns by the office’s leadership that it lacks the resources to keep pace with growing commercial launch activity.

U.S., France Expand Space Data-sharing Agreement

U.S. Strategic Command and the French Ministry of Defense have expanded their Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data-sharing agreement to include classified information.

Op-ed | Growing U.S.-India Space Security Ties

Ensuring the long-term sustainability and security of the outer space environment is a challenge that the United States and India are uniquely situated to address together. Between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NASA, our two nations have done tremendous work in our exploration of outer space.

U.S. Talks Space Cooperation With United Arab Emirates

Representatives of the governments of the United States and the United Arab Emirates met to discuss potential space cooperation.

Op-ed | Align U.S. Space Policy with National Interests

International space cooperation, space commerce and international space security discussions could be used to reinforce each other in ways that would advance U.S. interests in the sustainability and security of all space activities.

U.S. Plutonium Stockpile Good for Two More Nuclear Batteries after Mars 2020

There is enough plutonium-238 in the U.S. stockpile to fuel three of the same kind of the nuclear batteries used by the Curiosity rover now exploring Mars

NASA Urged To Develop Post-International Space Station Strategy

Even though the International Space Station appears likely to remain in use well into the next decade, some in the space industry are pressing NASA to start developing a strategy for what comes after the ISS, an approach that may rely heavily on commercial facilities.

Mikulski To Retire from Senate

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), one of the most powerful figures in space policy in Congress, announced March 2 that she will not run for re-election in 2016.