Startup SCOUT piques Space Force interest with space data software

Startup SCOUT piques Space Force interest with space data software
Startup SCOUT piques Space Force interest with space data software

Sergio Gallucci, SCOUT co-founder and chief technology officer, told Breaking Defense that its new AFWERX contract is focused on demonstrating its software for integrating and streamlining unclassified data from multiple satellites.

UK startup to test tiny engine for (relatively) high-speed space maneuvers

UK startup to test tiny engine for (relatively) high-speed space maneuvers
UK startup to test tiny engine for (relatively) high-speed space maneuvers

“Magdrive’s future is American, 100%,” said Mark Stokes, CEO of the Oxford, England-based startup.

Unclear And Contradictory Rules Bedevil Commercial Space Firms: Study

Unclear And Contradictory Rules Bedevil Commercial Space Firms: Study
Unclear And Contradictory Rules Bedevil Commercial Space Firms: Study

The Aerospace study found that controlling the creation of dangerous space junk is a regulatory arena “where clarity is badly needed,” for one.

US Tightens Space Debris Standards; Keeps 25-Year Cap

US Tightens Space Debris Standards; Keeps 25-Year Cap
US Tightens Space Debris Standards; Keeps 25-Year Cap

The updated debris rules address new space activities such as mega-constellations, Cubesats and satellite servicing.

EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs

EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs
EXCLUSIVE DoD, Commerce Wrangle New Commercial Remote Sensing Regs

“It’s mostly a bunch of backward-looking colonels at DoD” causing the problems, said one industry source, “not the IC.”

Satellite Servicing Industry Wants New Rules

Satellite Servicing Industry Wants New Rules
Satellite Servicing Industry Wants New Rules

“I think it will be incumbent on governments pretty soon to force operators to have some way to get their  satellite out of the way [when it fails] and get it into a proper graveyard orbit,” says Michael Pollack, who does business development for Effective Space.