July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
...track approach to regulation. The first regulatory pathway is provided by the aforementioned, pre-existing Outer Space Act 1986, whereby UK space activities that occur overseas and are launched overseas are authorised, licensed and supervised via the...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
...only agency charged with human space exploration. The American Space Renaissance Act begins the process of bringing NASA’s space exploration activities in line with a doctrine of pioneering space. The bill amends the Space Act of 1958 (directing NASA...
January 2023
Asgardia expands its reach
... to the work of Parliament where a number of important legislative proposals are currently being drafted. These include the Space Act, the first draft of which was debated at XVIII Parliament Sitting on 9-11 December 2022, which the Science Committee...
May 2026
Satellite brightness and the mitigation challenge
...and work with EU companies. However, there is a gap between regulatory ambition and operational reality: the EU Space Act may establish the brightness threshold, but operators face a challenge in translating this limit into actionable engineering ...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
... and business plans, but it is perhaps best to await the final details that will be included in the NASA Space Act Agreement with the final chosen partner. Starlab will be a continuously crewed commercial platform, dedicated to conducting critical...
April 2026
Robotics is the future of space labour
...sustain both scientific discovery and a continuous American heartbeat in space. The first of these commercial space stations is set to launch later in 2026. NASA’s updated Space Act Agreement (SAA) accelerates funding and deployment, enabling a rapid...
