A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest (find previous space policy roundups here):

• Space resource & space laws:
  • Vancouver Recommendations on Space Mining – Outer Space Institute, April 20, 2020 (pdf)
  • The President’s space resources executive order: a step in the right direction – The Space Review
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Alice Gorman On How The EO Is A Rejection Of Longstanding Principles – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Sebastien Moranta On The EO As An “America First” Policy – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Michelle Hanlon On How The Moon Agreement Is Finished – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Another Pyrrhic Victory: The White House’s Latest Executive Order On Space Mining – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Dimitra Stefoudi On How The U.S. Seeks Cooperation Through The Outer Space Treaty – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Christopher Johnson On How The U.S. Seeks To Be A Pioneer In Space Resources Norm Development – SpaceWatch.Global
• Commercial crew:
  • NASA Safety Panel Agrees Demo-2 Launch Date Feasible, NASA Wants Public to Stay Away – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Safety panel concludes May launch of commercial crew test flight is feasible – SpaceNews.com
  • Thank You for Flying SpaceX – WSJ
• NASA science:
  • Scientists warn proposed cuts put Mars science program at risk – SpaceNews.com
• Coronavirus & space:
  • NASA administrator urges people not to travel to Florida to watch historic SpaceX launch – The Verge
  • NASA shows off coronavirus pandemic projects – SpaceNews.com
  • NASA Helping in Fight Against COVID-19 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Spaceport America cancels college rocket competition | Las Cruces Bulletin
• SLS/Orion:
  • SLS Program working on accelerating EUS development timeline – NASASpaceFlight.com
• Commercial space
  • NASA Reorganizing to Sharpen LEO Commercialization Efforts, MacDonald to Oversee CASIS – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • Rocket Lab hires D.C. lobbying firm DLA Piper – SpaceNews.com
•  Regulation:
  • Viasat gets FCC approval for MEO constellation – SpaceNews.com
  • SpaceX seeks FCC permission for operating all first-gen Starlink in lower orbit – SpaceNews.com
• Space traffic:
  • FCC moves cautiously in plan to prevent space debris and satellite collisions | Ars Technica
  • FCC punts controversial space debris rules for extra study – SpaceNews.com
  • AMSAT letter to FCC on orbital debris rule changes – AMSAT (pdf)
  • The FCC takes a leadership role in combating orbital debris – The Space Review
• Space traffic:
  • U.S. Space Force deploying surveillance telescope in Australia – SpaceNews.com
• US national security:
  • Upcoming report to Congress on space acquisition expected to be ‘groundbreaking’ – c4isrnet.com
  • To attack or deter? The role of anti-satellite weapons – The Space Review
  • Space Force projects more than 7,000 airmen will join its ranks this year – SpaceNews.com
• International space
  • Canada:
    • The government should prioritize LEO satellite broadband – SpaceQ
    • Canadian Space community discusses COVID-19 and its impact – SpaceQ
  • China:
    • China’s first Mars exploration mission named Tianwen-1 – Xinhua
    • China’s Mars mission named Tianwen-1, appears on track for July launch – SpaceNews.com
  • India:
    • Gaganyaan: ISRO to develop technologies for India’s first manned mission to space – The Financial Express
  • Iran:
    • Iran launches its 1st military satellite into orbit: reports – Space.com
    • Iran’s Military Satellite Launch Full Of Surprises – SpaceWatch.Global
    • Iran Launches First Military Satellite from New Launch Site – SpacePolicyOnline.com
    • Iran receives signals from Noor satellite: commander – Xinhua
    • Russian parliament voices support for Iran’s satellite launch – IRNA English
  • Mexico:
    • NanoAvionics And Mexican Space Agency Introduce A Nanosatellite Pilot Project For Future Space Missions – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Russia:
    • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Russia’s Nudol ASAT Test – A Short Analysis – SpaceWatch.Global
    • Russia Starts Adapting RD-180 Engine Used in US for Super-Heavy Yenisei Rocket – Roscosmos – Sputnik International
  • UAE:
    • Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Sheikh Zayed Housing | Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre – MBRSC -UAE

Webcasts:

** Episode 12 Vancouver Recommendations on Space Mining – Michael Listner, Space Law & Policy Solutions

** Episode 13 Iran Military Satellite Launch – Michael Listner, Space Law & Policy Solutions

** Space Startups, New Commercial Opportunities and Early Industry Pioneers | Kratos

Rick Tumlinson, Founding Partner, SpaceFund Venture Capital: As the space industry experiences a revolution in technology, new, high growth startups are discovering visionary ways to tackle the challenges faced in the market. Listen to Rick Tumlison, the Founding Partner of SpaceFund Venture Capital and a space activist, describe his fund’s investment philosophy and his advice to start-ups in the industry. Some of the exciting topics we will cover in this episode of Constellations are settlements in space and creating commercial opportunities at the Russian Mir space station and at the international space station. Learn about pioneers in the industry and how they influenced and shaped the way we approach the space industry today. Find out how space transport is the first step in building an ecosystem of sustainable companies that work in space and help the planet as a whole, including the importance of terrestrial revenue streams and how they are influencing this new frontier.

** The Space Show – Tue, 04/21/2020 – Christopher Richins of RBC Signals for updates, plus a report on how a global space company is dealing with the pandemic.

** Space Café WebTalk Recap: “33 minutes with Dr. Brian Weeden” – SpaceWatch.Global

This week’s Space Café WebTalk took place on 21 April 2020, featuring Dr. Brian Weeden, Director of Program Planning for Secure World Foundation in conversation with Torsten Kriening, co-publisher of SpaceWatch.Global and COO of ThorGroup GmbH. Dr. Brian Weeden gave a briefing about key elements from the newly released 2020 Global Counterspace Threat Report, published by the Secure World Foundation. Following his remarks, the online audience had the opportunity to ask Dr. Weeden questions.

** Space Force Gets Down to Business presented by Lockheed Martin – Space News webinar panel discussion.

Since its creation just four months ago, the U.S. Space Force has been working to define its priorities, capabilities and culture. As planning continues to stand up new organizations and recruit talent, one key effort has been the development of an acquisition strategy to build the next generation of military space systems.

Questions explored in this free webinar:
– What are the Space Force’s next steps in its organization?
– What has been the impact of COVID-19 on Space Force planning and operations?
– What are the Space Force’s proposals to change the acquisition system?
– What personnel, resource and budget challenges does the Space Force face going forward?
– With growing threats in space, what does the Space Force have to do to build more resilient and defendable space systems?

** April 22, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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A sampling of links to recent space policy, politics, and government (US and international) related space news and resource items that I found of interest (find previous space policy roundups here):

• Schedule:
  • What’s Happening in Space Policy April 19-25, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Commercial crew:
  • Launch Date Set for First SpaceX Crewed Mission to ISS – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • NASA, SpaceX set May 27 as target date for first crew launch – Spaceflight Now
  • NASA sets May 27 launch date for SpaceX commercial crew test flight – SpaceNews.com
• Space resource & space law:
  • Op-ed | A U.S. return to the moon is about preserving the rule of law – SpaceNews.com
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Michael Listner On The EO’s Bottom-Up Approach To Rulemaking – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Elina Morozova On The Unappreciated Importance Of The Moon Agreement – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Guoyu Wang On Space Law Ambiguities – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Steven Freeland On The Importance Of The Outer Space Treaty In The EO – SpaceWatch.Global
  • #SpaceWatchGL Perspective On US Space Resources Executive Order: Kai-Uwe Schrogl On The Clarity Of Existing Space Law – SpaceWatch.Global
  • The World Is Not Ready for Asteroid Mining, But It Needs To Be – DSM Observer
• Congressional space:
  • Congress May Be In Recess, But Members Are Still Weighing in On Space Issues – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA lunar program:
  • NASA human lunar lander awards expected in April – SpaceNews.com
• NASA commercial space:
  • NASA awards Planet $7 million Earth imagery contract – SpaceNews.com
•  Regulation:
  • FAA commercial space office completes reorganization – SpaceNews.com
  • Orbital debris:
    • Mitigating Orbital Debris in the New Space Age | Federal Communications Commission
      • Public Draft (pdf)
      • FCC Announces Tentative Agenda for April [23rd]  Open Meeting | Federal Communications Commission
    • House Science Committee Leaders Request FCC Delay Rulemaking on Orbital Space Debris | Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
    • FCC urged to delay vote on new space debris regulations – SpaceNews.com
    • Op-ed | The FCC’s space safety order: we all need to mitigate collision risk – SpaceNews.com
• Space traffic:
  • Why a citizen-powered network may be the answer to tracking space assets – POLITICO
  • Air Force eyeing technology to monitor space traffic near the moon – SpaceNews.com
  • Op-ed | The FCC’s space safety order: we all need to mitigate collision risk – SpaceNews.com
• Spectrum:
  • FCC to greenlight Ligado’s 5G network despite strong pushback from the Pentagon – SpaceNews.com
  • FCC Chair OKs Ligado’s Controversial 5G System; Rejects DoD GPS Claims – Breaking Defense
  • Majority of FCC backs Ligado plan for broadband network: sources – Reuters
  • DoD issues new rebuke of FCC’s decision to allow Ligado 5G network – SpaceNews.com
  • ‘Astonishingly Misguided:’ HASC & SASC Hammer FCC Chair For Ligado 5G Approval – Breaking Defense
  • FCC Must Protect GPS Network That Underpins American Economic and National Security – Aerospace Industries Assoc. (AIA)
• Space weather:
  • Air Force eyeing technology to monitor space traffic near the moon – SpaceNews.com
• US national security:
  • Pentagon Looks to Stabilize Space Supply Chain – Air Force Magazine
  • Air Force Wants More Money to Bolster Space Industry – National Defense Magazine
  • AF Seeks Freedom To Shift $ Between Space Programs – Breaking Defense
  • #SpaceWatchGL Column: The Mystery Of The Non-Implementation Of Task One Of The US National Space Policy – SpaceWatch.Global
  • Space Force:
    • Space Force welcomes first academy graduates to its ranks – United States Space Force
    • U.S. Space Force to start accepting applications May 1 – SpaceNews.com
    • Space Force reviewing bids for 10-year launch systems engineering contract – SpaceNews.com
  • Anti-satellite systems:
    • Russia tests direct-ascent anti-satellite missile – United States Space Force
    • Russia conducted anti-satellite missile test, says US Space Command – c4isrnet.com
    • U.S. Space Command Tracking Russian ASAT Test – SpacePolicyOnline.com
    • Space Force hypes unspecified Russian anti-satellite test | Behind The Black
• International space
  • Belarus:
    • Belarus And Russia Agree To Build Eight High-Resolution Earth Observation Satellites – SpaceWatch.Global
  • China:
    • China to launch Earth observation satellites Sanya-1in 2021 – TASS
    • China wants a piece of the moon. Here’s how it plans to handle lunar samples. | Space.com
  • Europe:
    • Forecast: Space Exploration Decade – $260 Billion Investment by Governments – Leonard David
  • Japan:
    • Oita Airport to become Asia’s first air-to-orbit launch base : The Asahi Shimbun
  • Russia:
    • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Russia’s Military Exploitation Of Outer Space – SpaceWatch.Global
    • Russia Tests ASAT: U.S. Space Force Chief Sites Hostile Acts in Space – Leonard David
    • Russia Tests PL-19 Nudol Direct-Ascent ASAT System – SpaceWatch.Global
    • Roscosmos cuts prices for its launching services by nearly 40%, despite sanctions – TASS
    • Roscosmos has questions about economic aspects of Musk’s rockets – TASS
    • Russia Wary Of Space Privatisation After Trump Executive Order, But Willing To Talk – SpaceWatch.Global
    • US Rocketry Chief Offers Novel Explanation for Why America Continues to Buy Russia’s RD-180 Engines – Sputnik International
    • Russian space industry works ‘rhythmically’ amid pandemic — federal space agency CEO – TASS
  • Switzerland:
    • In space exploration, Switzerland punches above its weight – SWI swissinfo.ch
  • UAE:
    • UAE Mars mission to ship to launch site – SpaceNews.com
    • UAE’s Yahsat Government Solutions Looks To Expand Into Military Market – SpaceWatch.Global
  • UK:
    • UK Space Technologies To Boost NHS Coronavirus Response – SpaceWatch.Global

Webcasts:

** Episode 11 Russian DA-ASAT Test – Michael Listner

** Rise of the Space Age Millennials with Laura Forczyk – Weekly Space Hangout: April 15, 2020

This week we are please to welcome Laura Forczyk to the Weekly Space Hangout. Laura is the owner of space consulting firm Astralytical specializing in space science, industry, and policy, and offering space career coaching services. In January 2020, her new book Rise of the Space Age Millennials was published in which she explores how millennials working or studying to work in the space sector feel about space: priorities, opinions, goals, and motivations. It also looks at how the generations may differ and how that may effect future space priorities and missions. Laura is a NASA Subject Matter Expert for planetary science missions. She serves on the advisory boards for the Lifeboat Foundation and the Society of Women in Space Exploration. She serves as a mentor for the Brooke Owens Fellowship program. She is the author of Rise of the Space Age Millennials.

** E6 – Space Flight Safety (with Josef Koller and George Nield) on Vimeo –

** E4 – Expiration of New START and U.S. Space Forces (with Michael Gleason) on Vimeo

** The Space Show – Tue, 04/14/2020 – Robert Line spoke about “space and the US post Covid-19. Robert presented his ideas based on his analysis and methodology”.

** April 15, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

** April 17, 2020 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast | Behind The Black

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