SpaceNews — “[The industrial base] still has challenges in building at large scale, the high reliability, high precision valves we need for satellites,” said Jamie Morin, VP of defense strategic space at Aerospace. “We still have a fragile, solid rocket motor industrial base. We still have key challenges in microelectronics for space at scale.”
Undark — Aerospace’s Martin Ross said there is not yet an accounting of before-launch emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from venting or tests.
Via Satellite — “A robust, competitive mobility marketplace is likely still five to ten years away,” says Bryan Hoke, corporate technical fellow of dynamic space operation at The Aerospace Corporation. “Maneuver capability presents a classic chicken-and-egg challenge. Government hopes industry will innovate, while industry requires clear demand signals to justify investment.”
Washington Exec — Aerospace built a proof-of-concept tool to help operators and engineers manage the growing complexity of Proliferated Low Earth Orbit constellations, in collaboration with Google Public Sector’s Rapid Innovation Team on Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform.
Inside GNSS — The Secure World Foundation’s Global Counterspace Capabilities 2026, an annual open-source assessment of space warfare developments, documents a year in which GNSS interference shifted from an episodic threat to a persistent feature of conflict zones on multiple continents.
Breaking Defense — Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman said that the White House, the Office of Management and Budget, and DOW all agree that the service needs to grow.
Air and Space Forces Magazine — Space Training and Readiness Command officially opened its new headquarters building on Patrick Space Force Base, located just a few miles from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Breaking Defense — Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman signed off on the creation of a new staff organization at service headquarters that would take the place of the Space Force’s previously planned Space Futures Command
Aerospace America — Aerospace’s Michael Gleason wrote the CSPS report “‘A Geopolitical Awakening’: The European Union and Space.” The EU’s 5-year-old space agency, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), is poised to displace the decades-old European Space Agency as the biggest spender in the region’s space sector.
Nature.com — Orbital servicing infrastructure for small satellites could extend operational lifetimes, reduce replacement costs, and enhance the reliability of future constellations, supporting the long-term development of the LEO space economy.
