| Today at the 39th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the FAA clarified the Biden administration's stance on taxing commercial launches, the Space Force unveiled a strategy to to leverage commercial tech innovation and more. SpaceNews is here reporting all week, and for full coverage, visit SpaceNews.com. | | | A Federal Aviation Administration official said April 10 that the Biden administration has no plans for the time being to levy taxes on commercial launches, similar to those on airlines, to address the launch industry's impact on airspace. | | | Kepler Communications, a Canadian small satellite operator, is teaming up with Europe's Airbus Defence and Space and its independent laser terminal subsidiary Tesat-Spacecom to develop an optical relay network in low Earth orbit (LEO). | | | Heidi Shyu, undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, is calling on commercial industry to develop affordable, radiation-hardened electronics. | | | Astranis announced plans April 10 to deploy 50% larger broadband satellites from 2026 to offer five times more throughput, while still remaining far smaller than typical geostationary spacecraft to save costs. | | | Following the Pentagon's recent guidance urging greater use of commercial space technologies, the U.S. Space Force on April 10 released its own blueprint for integrating private-sector capabilities. | |
The Space Development Agency is working closely with Norway to test the communications network underpinning its constellation. | |
The State and Commerce Departments will start a process this summer to update space systems on export control lists, potentially lessening the restrictions on some technologies. | |
The European Space Agency awarded a contract to a consortium of companies to resume work on a Mars rover mission that was derailed two years ago by geopolitics. | |
Mercury Systems announced a $31 million contract April 10 to supply solid-state data recorders to L3Harris Technologies for the U.S. Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer Tranche 2. | |
Orion Space Solutions is looking to demonstrate how shoebox-sized satellites can reliably capture vital meteorological observations that have traditionally required large, more expensive spacecraft. | |
Relativity Space, a company known for its 3D-printed rockets, is putting its initial bid for National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Phase 3 contracts on hold for now. | |
It is becoming more difficult for young space companies to close growth-stage funding rounds amid increasing investor scrutiny, according to an April 9 panel of investment bankers and equity analysts. | | Beyond Gravity
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