News Highlights From the 2025 Satellite Conference
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 | | This week, SpaceNews journalists are reporting from the 2025 Satellite Conference & Exhibition, held in Washington, DC. We'll be bringing highlights to your inbox โ for full coverage, go to SpaceNews.com. | | | | | By Jeff Foust, March 13, 2025 | | | | | The new head of the Federal Communications Commission's space division says his focus will be licensing reform and spectrum access.
In a speech at the Satellite 2025 conference March 12, Jay Schwartz, chief of the FCC's Space Bureau, said he will approach the regulation of satellite communications systems through an economic lens with a goal of ensuring the industry's growth.
"The way I see it is that the main job of the Space Bureau at the FCC is to facilitate and accelerate all the investments in your industry," he said. "If we at the FCC, whether through slow processing, overly burdensome rules, things like that, are creating unnecessary regulatory drag, that drag matters in meaningful ways." Read More | | | | | | | Multi-orbit operators point to growth outside Starlink's spotlight By Jason Rainbow While Starlink's broadband contract wins often grab the spotlight, a panel of multi-orbit operators at the Satellite Conference here highlighted how they are also gaining significant traction with enterprise and government customers. Read More
Join or die: How satellite manufacturers approach competition with SpaceX By Debra Werner SpaceX dominates the global launch market by offering frequent and inexpensive access to orbit on rideshare flights. If satellite manufacturers don't find ways to compete more effectively, they may cede their market to SpaceX as well. Read More
RBC Signals adds 10 antennas to global ground-station network By Debra Werner RBC Signals is expanding its global network of ground stations by acquiring 10 six-meter S-band and X-band satellite-tracking antennas from Microsoft. With the new antennas, RBC Signals aims to satisfy rapidly growing demand from government and commercial customers who often rely on S-band and X-band to communicate with small satellites in low Earth orbit. Read More
Cognitive Space claims two SDA awards By Sandra Erwin On March 5, Houston startup Cognitive Space, which is focused on applying artificial intelligence to satellite operations, announced a $5 million direct to phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research contract to enhance automated sensor management for missile-tracking satellites. Cognitive Space will apply artificial-intelligence algorithms to help the Space Development Agency quickly identify sensors in the best position to hone in on missiles that pose a threat. Read More
Space Development Agency adjusts satellite procurement strategy By Sandra Erwin The Space Development Agency is recalibrating its procurement strategy for a next-generation constellation of military satellites, following lessons learned from initial deployments and critiques from government auditors. Read More | | | | What's New With SpaceNews? |  | | Check out the latest episode of our new podcast, Space Minds. Join David Ariosto, Mike Gruss and journalists from the SpaceNews team for compelling interviews with scientists, founders and experts who love to talk about space, and their takes on the week's biggest news.
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