Space executives suggest a lack of regulations may be hindering progress, particularly around manufacturing standards, insurance frameworks and orbital traffic management.
ESA plans to initiate talks with member states in the coming months about evolving its space launch infrastructure and seeking funding to modernize its rocket launch capabilities.
Indian space startup Skyroot is looking to return to the pad in January after its Vikram-1 rocket reached orbit on the first try, in a mission that has contributed to its bulging backlog.
Japanese space transportation provider Ispace has begun talks with potential customers to sell lunar payload capacity it has secured on a future SpaceX Starship mission to the Moon.
Hungarian space startup C3S will serve as prime contractor for an ESA program to develop microsatellites with greater focus on their end-of-life and on mass production.
Leonardo, Telespazio and iSpace have signed an agreement that could lead the Japanese lunar technology company to deploy a batch of Moon-navigation satellites.
Axiom Space expects to get input from NASA in the coming weeks about potentially producing a stripped-down version of its spacesuit to expedite development.
Turkish space startup Fergani Space, which aims to deploy a low-Earth-orbit position, navigation and timing constellation, targets serial production in 2028.
Leonardo is expanding the list of industrial partners for its Space Guardian communications and Earth-observation constellation with an agreement to work with Unibap Space Solutions.
Turkey aims to repeat its success in turning its drone ambitions into a globally competitive industry in space, the country’s industry and technology minister, Mehmet Fatih Kacır, said Oct. 5.
Open Cosmos plans to deploy an initial 192-satellite communications satellite constellation to support its Earth observation effort and says it is hunting for additional near-term launch services.
