What's Happening in Space Policy February 15-19, 2016
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of February 15-19, 2016 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in recess …
SpacePolicyOnline.com Fact Sheets on NASA and NOAA FY2017 Budgets Now Available
Free fact sheets summarizing and analyzing President Obama’s FY2017 budget requests for NASA and for NOAA’s satellite programs written by SpacePolicyOnline.com Editor Marcia Smith are now available. Copies can be …
NASA FY2017 Budget Request Sets Up Familiar Battles With Congress
NASA’s FY2017 budget request seems certain to spark the same disputes with Congress that have characterized that relationship for much of the Obama Administration. The request cuts funding for three …
NASA's FY2017 Budget Request — $19 Billion or $18.3 Billion?
President Obama submitted his FY2017 budget request, the last of his administration, to Congress today. NASA characterizes its request as $19 billion, although the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) …
President's FY2017 Request Includes Increases for FAA's Commercial Space Activities
President Obama’s FY2017 budget request includes $19.8 million for the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) as well as funding elsewhere within the FAA for commercial space transportation-related activities. …
Steady Funding for NOAA's Satellite Programs in FY2017
The President’s FY2017 budget request for NOAA’s satellite programs holds no surprises. instead, there is steady funding for the GOES-R and JPSS next generation weather satellite programs and the next …
Gerstenmaier: LEO Commercialization Requires Space Industry to Be Innovative, Nimble
NASA’s Bill Gerstenmaier said on Wednesday (February 3) that the key to successful commercialization of low Earth orbit (LEO) is for the space industry to become more innovative and nimble. …
UN Condemns North Korea's Satellite Launch
The United Nations Security Council “strongly condemned” North Korea’s satellite launch, which it views as a ballistic missile test that violates two existing UN resolutions. It vowed to expeditiously adopt …
What's Happening in Space Policy February 7-12, 2016
Here is our list of space policy events for the week of February 7-12, 2016 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate are in session …
North Korea Launches Satellite
North Korea launched a satellite this evening (February 6) Eastern Standard Time (EST). It had notified the United Nations of its upcoming launch. The launch, aboard an Unha-3 rocket, took …