The European Union is moving forward with plans for a new sovereign satellite constellation for Europe, and recently announced it will commit 2.4 billion euros to the project. This will be Europe’s third space flagship program after Galileo and Copernicus. The European Commission, Council, and Parliament agreed on a framework this month for the project,…

U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Blue Origin for the company’s New Glenn Rocket, more than three years after the company and Northrop Grumman lost out to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance for launch awards under Phase 2 of National Security Space Launch (NSSL). Brig. Gen. Stephen…

The FCC released a draft of its new map of U.S. broadband availability, with the option for consumers to challenge the data.  The map shows the fiber, cable, DSL, satellite, or fixed wireless internet services available at each home or small business, including what providers say they can offer service, and what type of technologies…

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released its first strategy for U.S. science and technology leadership in Cislunar space on Nov. 17. Cislunar space covers the region of space beyond Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO), but still within the gravitational influence of the Earth and/or the Moon. OSTP said the strategy is consistent with…