A budget proposal for the Department of Commerce raises new doubts about the future of a civil space traffic management system under development there.

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The Trump administration has not yet decided whether to charge for space safety data despite a change in space policy enabling the government to do so.

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SpaceX has disrupted the launch business with the Falcon 9 and the satellite communications business with Starlink. Now it may be taking aim at the emerging space situational awareness (SSA) […]

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As the number of satellites in orbit grows, one emerging challenge is the difficulty some satellite operators have contacting counterparts to avoid potential collisions.

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A new SpaceX initiative to provide space traffic coordination services has attracted attention and praise in part because of the conditions it places on users of it.

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A one-line change in the Dec. 18, 2025 Executive Order, Ensuring American Space Superiority, reopened a debate: should the United States charge satellite operators for basic space situational awareness (SSA) […]

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A small but important change can be found at the end of President Trump’s sweeping December 18, 2025, Executive Order, “Ensuring American Space Superiority.” The Executive Order removes the requirement […]

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LeoLabs has won an interagency contract to provide space-surveillance data for the U.S. government, supporting adversarial spacecraft monitoring and the TraCSS orbital traffic coordination platform due to enter full service early next year.

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Each year, SpaceNews selects the people, programs and technologies that have most influenced the direction of the space industry in the past year. Started in 2017, our annual celebration recognizes […]

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The Commerce Department has moved to rescind 40% of the current-year funding for the Office of Space Commerce.

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Dmitry Poisik surveyed the room. “How many of you guys represent owner/operators?” he asked a crowd of a few dozen people attending a side session at the SmallSat 2025 Conference […]

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The Office of Space Commerce is moving beyond the beta-test phase of its space traffic coordination system as it prepares to enter service in January.

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A House appropriations bill provides funding for a civil space traffic coordination system but wants changes to increase its reliance on the Defense Department.

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Senate appropriators have rejected an effort by the White House to terminate funding for a civil space traffic coordination system.

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An industry coalition is asking congressional appropriators to reject the administration’s proposal to terminate the Commerce Department’s space traffic coordination system.

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The Commerce Department is proposing to end funding for a space traffic coordination program even as beta testing of the service continues.

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The White House’s budget proposal for NOAA would seek to make major changes in a weather satellite program as well as transfer other space programs.

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The Commerce Department’s space traffic coordination system has moved into the next phase of its development with full service expected to start early next year.

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The GAO has denied a protest from a company over a contract that is part of the Office of Space Commerce’s space traffic coordination system.

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Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, and I share a few commonalities: we were born a few blocks from each other in Manhattan, we both attended Columbia University, […]

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In this week's episode of Space Minds, Richard DalBello, Principal, RDB Space sits down with host David Ariosto.

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The manager of the Commerce Department’s program to develop a civil space traffic coordination system is back on the job after being swept up in layoffs.

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Layoffs of staff at NOAA have included its Office of Space Commerce, potentially affecting work on space traffic coordination and remote sensing licensing.

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A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced a bill to formally authorize a space traffic coordination system being developed by the Office of Space Commerce.

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