Plus: How satellite executives are responding to geopolitics
| SpaceNews is reporting from the 2026 Satellite conference all week. In this edition, the Office of Space Commerce released its "light touch" approach to mission authorization, how geopolitics has been impacting satcom operators and news on several fundraising rounds. Click here to see our full conference coverage.
| | | | | | | By Jeff Foust The Office of Space Commerce rolled out its draft mission authorization proposal late March 24, laying out a "light touch" approach to the topic. It represents the latest attempt in a long-running effort to regulate new commercial space applications.
The proposal is intended to address a gap in oversight of so-called "novel space activities," such as satellite servicing, orbital debris removal and lunar missions, that are not currently regulated by agencies such as the Federal Aviation Administration or Federal Communications Commission. The Outer Space Treaty requires member states to perform authorization and continuing supervision of space activities by their nationals.
| | A shifting geopolitical landscape is driving business opportunities for satellite communication companies but also bringing new supply chain and regulatory challenges, industry executives said March 24 during a conference panel.
Sift, a Southern California startup developing tools to help engineers make sense of hardware sensor data, raised $42 million in a Series B investment round. With the funding, Sift plans to expand its staff of engineers building the infrastructure layer that underpins devices controlled by artificial intelligence algorithms. | | | | | New York-based software startup Airbase emerged from stealth March 25 after raising $5 million to modernize how governments coordinate radio frequencies used by satellites, 5G networks and other wireless systems.
Swiss startup Pave Space has raised $40 million to develop an orbital transfer vehicle that could move satellites from low Earth orbit to their final destinations in hours instead of months. | | | | | | | FROM SPACENEWS |  | | March 31 at 1 p.m. ET: Join SpaceNews and Star Catcher, in partnership with the Commercial Space Federation, for a conversation on the energy and computing needs driving the push toward orbital data centers, where there are gaps and where there are opportunities and what comes next in this fast-moving field. Register now. | | | | |
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