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Industry wary of UK Space Agency shake-up

LONDON – A day after the British government announced plans to fold the UK Space Agency into the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), industry leaders said the move could streamline Britain’s space policy but also warned it risked undermining transparency and distracting from upcoming European talks about funding for space programs. The European […]

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How to reconcile space mining with the Outer Space Treaty

Artwork depicting lunar mining operations for Helium-3 involving harvesters, a solar power plant, rovers and return launchers. Credit: Interlune

Despite the arrival of privately funded lunar mining companies, advancements in space resource legislation (such as the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015) and lunar prospecting missions such as LUPEX, one legal hurdle remains that will likely impact the pace of investment in future lunar mining activities: property rights on a celestial body. This issue […]

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West Virginia joins states handing satellites a tiny share of rural broadband subsidies

SpaceX would get just 1% of the $625 million in rural broadband subsidies proposed by West Virginia, the third state in a row to give satellites only a marginal role in the federal government’s BEAD program.

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FAA’s informed consent rules leave space tourists flying blind

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The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) current informed consent framework under 14 CFR §460.45 falls dangerously short of adequately warning space flight participants (SFP) about the true risks they face, particularly long-term health consequences that may not manifest until months or years after their journey. This regulatory gap threatens both SFP safety and industry credibility as […]

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Telecom money is funding a new era in space

Space has always been expensive. Historically, governments paid for it. In more recent times, billionaires have entered the arena. It isn’t surprising, then, that the development of the sector, being subject to the changing interests of national governments and the shifting interests of the uber-wealthy, has not been as fast as it could have been. […]

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Italian-Dutch space company secures first U.S. contract

Revolv Space’s SARA solar array drive assembly. Credit: Revolv Space

WARSAW, Poland — Italian-Dutch company Revolv Space has been selected  to deliver six units of its flagship solar array drive assembly, marketed under the name of SARA, for Blue Canyon Technologies’ forthcoming cubesat mission.  The development comes as the European business is intensifying its international expansion efforts. Revolv Space said in a statement it was […]

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Satellites face real-world threats — but we’re not ready

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Major Gen. Paul Tedman has been the commander of United Kingdom Space Command since 2024. Recently, he made a stark observation: if war breaks out in Europe, it is “highly likely” that the first assault on Britain will take place not on land, sea or air, but in space. Others, like Gen. Chance Saltzman, Chief […]

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