Government & Regulation

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The escalating tension between the satellite communications sector and terrestrial infrastructure providers reached a regulatory flashpoint this week as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) became the primary arena for a high-stakes battle over spectrum rights and corporate ...

Washington, DC — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially initiated the process to renew the charter for the World Radiocommunication Conference Advisory Committee (WAC). This is a critical step in the United States' preparation for the 2027 World Radiocommunication ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially published its "Space Modernization for the 21st Century" Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), formally launching a regulatory transition that would replace the agency’s legacy Part 25 satellite rules with a streamlined ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Space Bureau has designated SpaceX’s modification application for a new 15,000-satellite Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) shell as "acceptable for filing," initiating the formal regulatory review period for the expanded network. According to ...

Despite federal mandates for technology neutrality, satellite operators are on track to receive a fraction of the U.S. government’s massive rural broadband subsidy package, with fiber optics dominating the awards. According to a December 5 research note from New Street ...

MADRID — The race to provide seamless, global air traffic management (ATM) from orbit accelerated today as Startical, the joint venture formed by Indra and the Spanish air navigation service provider Enaire, with its operational "Startical Constellation". Following successful validation ...

Senate Scutiny Targets NASA's Lunar Strategy Confirmation hearings for NASA Administrator nominee Jared Isaacman, billionaire and Polaris Dawn commander, commanded Capitol Hill's attention yesterday. Isaacman utilized his Senate appearance to push a high-stakes competitive agenda for the agency's human lunar ...

Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has been abruptly removed from the upcoming SpaceX Crew-12 mission, which is currently slated for a 2026 launch, following an alleged security breach involving highly sensitive, export-controlled technology at a SpaceX facility. Reports indicate that Artemyev ...

HOUSTON — In a landmark finding for astrobiology and planetary science, researchers analyzing samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission have identified a trifecta of primordial materials: bio-essential sugars, an unprecedented polymer-like “gum,” and a trove of ancient ...

Anywaves, a global provider of high-performance space antennas and RF payloads, has announced the formation of a new, U.S.-based entity: Anywaves Federal. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the new subsidiary will specifically target U.S. government and defense customers. Nicolas Hine, General ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nov. 29, 2025 – The U.S. Space Force has awarded initial contracts for the development of space-based interceptor (SBI) prototypes to Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Anduril Industries, and True Anomaly. These awards represent the first material procurements ...

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), is building the only space-based cellular broadband network designed for both commercial and government applications that is accessible directly by standard smartphones. The BlueBird 6, a U.S. licensed satellite, is scheduled to launch on December ...

The L3Harris next-generation imager for NOAA’s GeoXO satellite system will capture real-time detail of severe storms across the Western Hemisphere. Image is courtesy of L3Harris L3Harris Technologies has completed the system Critical Design Review (CDR) of the next generation imager ...

York Space Systems earlier this month completed the initial commissioning of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) payload aboard the BARD mission, marking a significant step forward in validating the mission’s concept of operations (ConOps) and advancing next-generation, wideband space communications ...

The New Glenn orbital launch vehicle successfully completed its second mission, deploying NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) twin-spacecraft into the designated loiter orbit, and landing the fully reusable first stage on Jacklyn in the Atlantic Ocean. Photos ...

Testing the operational readiness of lunar terrain vehicles has been challenging because Earth-based environments such as rocky desert beds or confined test areas filled with small amounts of synthetic regolith lack the scale and adaptability to truly replicate the Moon’s ...

On Sunday, November 9th at 3:10 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink smallsats to low-Earth orbit to join the Starlink constellation from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This was the 28th flight for ...

Induced Stall Testing Exhaust Flame Durability and Limits Test, photo courtesy of Kratos Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: KTOS) has successfully completed the altitude testing of the firm’s GEK800 engine that is designed to power the next generation ...

Expected to more than double Viasat’s current network capacity, ViaSat-3 Flight-2 is designed to fuel customer growth, supporting next-generation connectivity platforms such as Viasat Amara, NexusWave, and Government Hybrid SATCOM architecture Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has confirmed the scheduled launch ...

The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) has applauded U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr and the Commission’s leadership. Why? Well, following the October Open Commission Meeting held at FCC headquarters in Washington, DC, the Chairman declared October 2025 to ...