Top Stories From SpaceCom 2025
 | | This week, SpaceNews journalists were reporting from SpaceCom, the Global Commercial Space Conference & Exhibition, held in Orlando, Florida. We'll be bringing highlights to your inbox — for full coverage, go to SpaceNews.com. | | | | | By Jason Rainbow, Jan. 31, 2025 | | | | | The emergence of China's DeepSeek has shaken up the artificial intelligence sector, promising new opportunities for space companies beginning to explore ways to leverage AI in space.
AI is seen as key to unlocking true autonomy in orbit and managing an increasingly congested space domain. Yet, while satellite operators like Loft Orbital are making strides to integrate AI into their operations, widespread adoption across the industry remains in its early stages.
Enter DeepSeek, which claims to achieve high performance with significantly lower computational demands than other generative AI — a category of deep-learning models that analyze vast datasets to generate content, answer questions and infer likely outcomes based on learned patterns.
This efficiency is a critical advantage for space applications, where bandwidth and onboard processing power are limited. Notably, DeepSeek is open source, positioning it as a potential catalyst for broader AI innovation. Read More | | | | | | | Artemis contractors defend current architecture as fastest way to return to the moon By Jeff Foust Companies involved in the Artemis lunar exploration campaign urged the new administration to retain the current architecture, arguing it still offers the fastest way to return humans to the moon. The Trump administration has not made any public changes to Artemis since taking office Jan. 20. However, administration advisers like Elon Musk, chief executive of SpaceX, have been critical of the existing approach, with Musk stating in December that it was "a jobs-maximizing program, not a results-maximizing program" and that "something entirely new is needed." Read More
Clearer career pathways needed to sustain space industry growth By Jason Rainbow The commercial space industry should establish standardized career paths to attract the talent needed for its rapid expansion, a panel of professional services specialists said at the conference. Despite existing for decades before the IT boom, the space industry has lagged in developing structured workforce pathways. With space now at a commercial inflection point, the industry is struggling to find enough workers to sustain its rapid growth, said George Pullen, chief economist at boutique think tank MilkyWayEconomy. Read More
FAA optimistic launch companies will switch to new regulations by 2026 deadline By Jeff Foust Federal Aviation Administration officials say they are increasingly confident that they can move commercial launch licenses to a new set of regulations by a March 2026 deadline despite industry complaints about the rules. Read More
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