As the House gets ready to debate the FY2015 budget request for NOAA, SpacePolicyOnline.com is delighted to present its newest free fact sheet: NOAA’s FY2015 Budget Request for Satellite Programs. The …
Here is our weekly list of what is coming up in space policy this week and any insight we can offer. Usually the week that includes Memorial Day is pretty …
While one part of official Washington worries that Russia will follow through on a recent threat to prohibit use of RD-180 engines for U.S. national security space launches, another part …
UPDATE: The text of the bill and report are now available (see links in last paragraph). ORIGINAL STORY: The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved its version of the FY2015 …
A quick turnaround Air Force review panel assessing the impact on U.S. space launches if Russia’s RD-180 rocket engines no longer are available has found there are no easy remedies. …
An AJ-26 rocket engine failed during a test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center today. AJ-26 engines are used for Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket. The next launch of that rocket …
SpaceX’s already heated debate with the Air Force (AF) and the United Launch Alliance (ULA) over the sole-source contract awarded to ULA in December 2013 ratcheted up another notch today. SpaceX founder …
The Russian commission investigating the Proton rocket failure on May 15, 2014 Eastern Daylight Time (May 16 local time in Russia) remains mystified by the cause of the third-stage malfunction. …
The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) released its annual report on the state of the satellite industry yesterday. Like the Space Foundation’s report on the space sector more broadly, also released …
The Space Foundation released its annual report on the state of the space economy today. It asserts that the global space economy grew by 4 percent in 2013 reaching a …