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:
- Congressional space:
- Space law:
- Commercial crew:
- Commercial space:
- Space exploration:
- Regulation:
- Spectrum:
- Space traffic:
- Weather satellites:
- US national security:
- Launch:
- DoD withdraws Defense Product Act small launch contract awards – SpaceNews.com
- Smith encouraged by Senate NDAA proposal to increase funding for space launch technology – SpaceNews.com
- SpaceX Satellite Launch Marks U.S. Military Embrace of Reusable Rockets – WSJ
- When it Comes to Missiles, Don’t Copy Russia and China — Leapfrog Them – War on the Rocks
- House and Senate Make Progress on the FY2021 NDAA – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Analysts: NRO’s commercial imagery purchases could reach $400 million by 2023 – SpaceNews.com
- HASC amendments question space acquisition reforms, challenge DoD plans to procure new systems – SpaceNews.com
- Enhancing space deterrence thought for nuclear threshold threats (part 1) – The Space Review
- Space Force Unveils Organizational Structure – SpacePolicyOnline.com
- Air Force says 26 states have submitted bids to host U.S. Space Command – SpaceNews
- L3Harris developing a constellation of small spy satellites for U.S. Air Force – SpaceNews
- Launch:
International space
- Australia:
- China:
- Estonia:
- Europe:
- India:
- Israel:
- Japan:
- Russia:
- Price of Angara rocket to decline in future — designers – TASS
- Khrunichev space center plans to cut price of Angara carrier rockets to $57.3 mln by 2024 – TASS
- Details About the First-Ever Tourist Walk in Outer Space Revealed – Sputnik International
- Contracts Signed With Space Tourists Who Plan to Go to ISS Next Year – Space Adventures – Sputnik International
- UK:
- UK government to acquire cutting-edge satellite network – GOV.UK
- British government and Bharti Global buy OneWeb, plan $1 billion investment to revive company – SpaceNews
- U.K. government acquires OneWeb in curious move – NASASpaceFlight.com
- British government and Bharti Global buy OneWeb, plan $1 billion investment to revive company – SpaceNews
- Why has the UK invested $500m in OneWeb’s satellites? – Daily Telegraph
- UK government takes £400m stake in satellite firm OneWeb – BBC News
- The UK may be about to blow $600 million on the wrong satellites as it tries to solve losing access to the EU’s satellite navigation system | Business Insider India
Webcasts:
** The Space Show – Tues. July.1.2020 – Rod Pyle and Dr. Anthony Paustian talked about the upcoming NSS A Day In Space and ISDC 2021.
** UK Government Rescues Oneweb From Bankruptcy – Scott Manley
After declaring bankruptcy earlier this year satellite network Oneweb has been rescued with a surprise, Billion dollar investment by the UK government and Bharti Global. More curiously, there are suggestions that the people behind the deal might be justifying the investment based on Oneweb being able to provide geolocation technology to replace Britain’s lost secure access to Galileo.
** E21 – Cislunar Stewardship: Planning for Sustainability and Cooperation (with Jim Vedda and George Pollock) – Aerospace CSPS
** E22 – The Future of Commercial Space Flight (with Jamie Morin and Charlie Bolden) – Aerospace CSPS
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