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 August 16-22, 2020 – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA management:
  • U.S. Criminal Probe Looks at Former NASA Official’s Contacts With Boeing Executive – WSJ
  • WSJ: Feds Open Criminal Probe Into Loverro-Boeing Discussions – SpacePolicyOnline.com
  • NASA official may face criminal investigation for contact with Boeing | Ars Technica
  • NASA Perseveres Through Pandemic, Looks Ahead in 2020, 2021 – NASA
• Planetary missions:
  • NASA Establishes Independent Review Board for Mars Sample Return – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• Commercial human spaceflight:
  • White House memo adds low Earth orbit research as R&D priority – SpaceNews
• Commercial space:
  • Satellite servicing industry seeks interface standards – SpaceNews
• Space law:
  • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: the Space Law Games begin – SpaceWatch.Global
• Spectrum:
  • SES Unveils Their Numbers… As Does Intelsat… – SatNews
  • Eutelsat scraps plan for replacement C-band satellite – SpaceNews
• US states space:
  • NASA contractors stake out San Antonio’s place in space – San Antonio Express-News
• Weather satellites:
  • Weather models improve with COSMIC-2 and Spire Global data – SpaceNews
• US national security::
  • Launch:
    • Elon Musk: SpaceX competitor ULA ‘a complete waste of taxpayer money’ – CNBC
  • The Space Force moves to define itself and its mission | TheHill
  • DoD technology buyers defend need for secrecy in space programs – SpaceNews
  • Coalition Partners, U.S. and U.K., agree to share technical foundation for space operations – United States Space Force
  • U.S. Air Force Academy to expand space education curriculum – SpaceNews

International space

• China:
  • China Readies Next Moon Mission – Leonard David
  • China’s Chang’e-4 probe resumes work for 21st lunar day – Xinhua | English.news.cn
• Europe:
  • ESA sets stage for three-way competition to build next-generation Galileo constellation – SpaceNews
  • #SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Europe’s Space Electric Propulsion Budget – SpaceWatch.Global
• Germany:
  • DLR spinoff HyImpulse plans small launcher debut in 2022 – SpaceNews
• India:
  • Rise in COVID-19 cases leads to suspension of all regular activities at ISRO’s Sriharikota rocket center – The New Indian Express
• Nigeria:
  • India-Nigeria sign MoU on space cooperation: MoS MEA – cnbctv18.com
• Pakistan:
  • The Rocket and Satellite Company announce first launch date – SpaceWatch.Global

Webcasts:

** E28 – Responsible use of PNT [Precision, Navigation, & Timing] for National Resilience – Aerospace Corp CSPS on Vimeo

** The Space Show – Fri. Aug.14.2020 – Charles Miller discussed “his new company, Lynk Global, connecting mobile phones to satellites for global coverage. We discussed other topics as well, including some of the commercial space history made by our guest.”

** The Space Show – Tues. Aug.11.2020 – Brian Barnett, CEO of Solstar Space Company, discussed “their satellite communication business, wifi hotspots in space, and much more”.

** Erin Miller – Creating Space ISAC: Info Sharing and Security for the Space Industry – Cold Star Technologies – YouTube

VP of Operations for the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC) Erin Miller is on the Cold Star Project to discuss this new organization and her role in it. Space ISAC is part of the US National Cybersecurity Center. With host Jason Kanigan, Erin answers:

– What’s your mission? Your field is acronym-heavy…let’s begin with what an ISAC is…then can you share the need for this Public-Private Partnership (P3), called Space ISAC?
– How do you view your role as VP Ops?
– What are your recommendations for getting the trust necessary for people to let you “fly the plane”?
– Has the US Presidential Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (May 2019) affected you and the organization?
– What do the member-partners of Space ISAC contribute…what are the expectations? Who are you looking for as a member?
– What’s the “nitty-gritty” for Space ISAC? In terms of integrating with those you want to share info and conduct analysis with, how do you go about it?
– What sorts of space info & asset security concerns and concepts have your attention for the future?

Space ISAC website: https://s-isac.org/

** Hallmark Transitions Key Strategies for Space Situational Awareness, Management – DARPA TV

The space domain is critical to national security. It also has become increasingly chaotic and crowded over the past decade as the burgeoning space industry launches constellations of satellites. To conduct their missions, military commanders need timely and accurate information from space assets, as well as robust and reliable communications.

Since its inception in 2015, DARPA’s Hallmark program has successfully developed tools providing increased space situational awareness and strategies for asset management and protection, similar to the approach the Air Force has been perfecting for the air domain over the past 100 years. As Hallmark concludes at DARPA, discussions are ongoing with multiple Department of Defense and other national security organizations, as well as commercial entities, to incorporate elements of the program into future efforts.

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