SpaceX unveils ‘Stargaze’ space tracking system
Stargaze, which will publish space monitoring data free of charge, uses startrackers carried on all Starlink satellites to calculate possible collisions in low Earth orbit, according to SpaceX.
Draft Trump EO would loosen commercial space regs, citing national security links
The draft EO would eliminate, waive and/or loosen federal environmental protection reviews required for launch licenses, including for those from Space Force ranges.
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Voyager is fortifying the U.S. Defense supply chain
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
Commerce announces more semiconductor funding for military aircraft, commercial satellites
The Department of Commerce announced it is awarding BAE Systems Inc. and Rocket Lab a CHIPS Incentive Award worth up to a combined $59.4 million.
‘We will treat you better’: Commerce finalizes rule to incentivize industry to disclose export violations
A senior Commerce Department official said the policies had already been in use internally, but will now be enshrined in law.
‘Slow transition:’ Commerce may need 5+ years to take over DoD non-military space tracking
"It's not going to be like a 'boom' milestone delivery where one day there's nothing and the next day, there's a finished system," Richard DalBello, director of the Office of Space Commerce, said of the swap from DoD to Commerce.
US moves to dismiss Ligado spectrum lawsuit, disputes court jurisdiction and claims
"Ligado fails to plead any plausible facts to support its purely speculative claim that the Government has occupied its licensed spectrum," alleges the DoJ motion to dismiss the satellite communication firm's suit in US Federal Claims Court.
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Space Force sees potential value from DoC commercial sat tracking data
"I would imagine that as Department of Commerce continues to mature this concept, we will definitely want to take advantage of what they're doing," said Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein.
‘Game on’: Raimondo calls for beefing up tech export controls to counter China
"We're taking a very aggressive, innovative approach" to combating China's tech strategy, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said at the Reagan Forum.
White House plan for ‘novel’ space activities faces industry, Hill skepticism
"Telling me: 'I'm creating a monster, but putting it in your closet,' still means I have a monster in my closet. And I'd really rather not have a monster in my closet," an industry representative told Breaking Defense.
White House asks Congress to split ‘new space’ authority between Commerce, Transportation
The Biden administration's plan came, in part, in response to a different congressional proposal about how to divvy up heavenly authorities, sources told Breaking Defense.
Pentagon plans to transfer ‘high accuracy’ space tracking data to Commerce
"Commercial data, commercial processing is not classified. It does not matter that the DoD wishes it were," said Barbara Golf, special advisor to Space Systems Command.
Commerce study highlights benefits, challenges for allied space surveillance cooperation
There is growing concern about what happens when different countries' predictions of an on-orbit collision do not match, said Matt Hejduk, of The Aerospace Corporation. "A man with two watches never knows what time it is," he quipped.
Industry squabbles on need for novel space regulation as White House deliberates
"And as weird as that sounds, you know, from an industry guy, I absolutely need regulation and enforcement," said Tory Bruno, CEO of rocket maker ULA. "Because one bad actor can ruin that entire common environment for all of us."
White House nears plan to assign regulatory authorities for ‘new’ space activities
The ongoing White House-level review of what is often called "mission authorization and supervision" responsibilities has not been simple, according to several government officials involved, with the key agencies with current legal say over space regulations jockeying for a piece of the regulatory pie.