NGA suspends Ukraine’s access to commercial satellite imagery
However, several industry sources said that their companies have not been blocked by NRO from taking pictures over Ukraine.
Space Force
EU space monitoring program moves toward ‘strategic autonomy’
Many of the sensors contributed by the 15 EU SST participating states are military assets, and the European Defence Fund also is being tapped to help foster commercial innovation in the space situational awareness domain.
Secret Space Force payloads monitor China’s satellite surveillance network, official says
Kelly Hammett, director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office, said his organization risks being “inordinately impacted” by workforce reductions underway with the Trump administration.
AST, Kayhan, LeoLabs team to demo capability to reduce Space Force satellite tracking times
The goal of the collaborative effort was to show that commercial data can help close the time lag between when a satellite is released into orbit from a rocket to when the Space Force can reliably track it and put the trajectory coordinates into the mi…
As industry frets licensing bottlenecks, NOAA reinstates top commercial space officials
Representatives of US remote sensing firms remain extremely nervous about possible roadblocks to future plans that require either new licenses or license modifications due to the personnel downsizing resulting from the efforts of Elon Musk’s DOGE…
Space Systems Command chief backs ‘important’ work of Space Development Agency
Elsewhere, Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said his top priority is “space control,” a term that for many years was verboten at the Pentagon.
Firings sap NOAA office responsible for licensing remote sensing satellite firms
License holders are receiving emails saying that all correspondence with the Commercial Remote Sensing for Regulatory Affairs is now being routed to the NOAA Office of General Council as no “senior personnel remain in the office,” according…
Too soon? GAO questions tech readiness of satellite laser links
The Space Development Agency “has taken steps to develop laser communications technology but has not yet fully demonstrated it in space,” finds a report released today by the Government Accountability Office.
Space Force: Vive la difference, advises a new AEI policy paper
The AEI paper, authored by Senior Fellow Todd Harrison, recommends ditching the standup of Space Futures Command and creating a new organizational structure that combines acquisition and operational functions around mission areas.
Space Force team mapping service’s contributions to Iron Dome missile shield
“We are leaning forward establishing this technical IPT to try to pull together all of the systems and start thinking about it from an overarching perspective,” Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said.