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Space Commerce Week

Ex Terra Media, LLC

A weekly newsletter published to the community highlighting the news of the week and letting you know who our podcast guest is that week. We will look ahead to the coming week to see what"s happening and let you know. www.exterrajsc.com

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11:19

Another Launch for Rocket Lab, but Ax-4 Mission...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/06/15

The 66th Electron rocket launched by Rocket Lab has deployed the latest satellite to orbit for Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). The ‘The Mountain God Guards’ mission was Rocket Lab’s second launch in less than a month for iQPS and its fourth overall with 100% mission success.The deployment of the QPS-SAR-11 was relayed to the early-morning YouTube audience by Rocket Lab Mission Control and Senior Communications Manager Murielle Baker ... backed by some new-age music produced

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12:05

A Lunar Landing Attempt, and a Social Media Spat Over...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/06/08

ispace suffered another setback Thursday when the HAKUTO-R Lunar Lander was apparently lost during its landing attempt.Telemetry was lost from the lander about 65 seconds before the scheduled landing time. After a tense half hour, the ispace commentators on the company live YouTube stream said that the mission control team had been unable to establish communications with the lander."We haven't been able to confirm, but MCC members will continuously attempt to communicate with the lander. And we will

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11:37

Fly, Learn, Repeat ... and Nuclear Power in Space

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/06/01

SpaceX has a mantra: Fly, Learn, Repeat. And there will be a lot for SpaceX to learn from the ninth test flight of Starship, which ended with the loss of both the booster and 'Ship'.Starship’s ninth flight test lifted off at 6:36 p.m. CT on Tuesday from Starbase, Texas. The Super Heavy booster supporting the mission made the first ever reflight in the Starship program, having previously launched on Starship’s seventh flight test in January 2025. The booster performed nominally until it reached the

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10:40

SpaceX Gets Launch License Modification, and More...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/05/25

(Editor’s Note: After the production deadline for the audio version of our weekly review, the FAA approved Starship for its Return to Flight)The FAA has approved license modifications for the SpaceX Starship Flight 9 mission. The approval includes final action allowing SpaceX to increase Starship operations from five up to 25 per year at Boca Chica, Texas.However, SpaceX may not launch until the FAA either closes the Starship Flight 8 mishap investigation or makes a return to flight determination

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16:09

The FAA Approves Additional Starship Launches, and a...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/05/18

The FAA has released its Final Tiered Environmental Assessment authorizing SpaceX to conduct as many as 25 Starship launches per year from Starbase in Boca Chica.The Revised Final EA evaluates two alternatives in detail: the Proposed Action and the No Action Alternative.The Proposed Action alternative would modify SpaceX’s existing vehicle operator license. It would authorize the company's proposal to increase the cadence of the Starship/Super Heavy launch program at the Boca Chica vertical launch

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9:00

Revitalizing Human Space Exploration, and a...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/05/11

The first look at the NASA budget, and a self-assembling space architecture. Here are some of the top stories from The Journal of Space Commerce this week.The FY26 federal budget proposed by the Trump administration would accelerate NASA's human space exploration of the Moon and Mars with what the administration calls a fiscally responsible portfolio of missions. The Budget refocuses NASA funding on beating China back to the Moon and on putting the first human on Mars ... allocating over $7 billion

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12:00

Closing In on a NASA Administrator, and the Impact of...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/05/04

Closing In on a NASA Administrator, and the Impact of the Space Economy. Here are some of the top stories from The Journal of Space Commerce this week.The Senate Commerce Committee voted 19-9 on Wednesday to advance the nomination of Jared Isaacman to be the next administrator of NASA. The nomination now moves to the full senate for a final vote. Isaacman, 42, has traveled to space on two occasions on private missions aboard SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, and conducted the first EVA to be performed by a

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11:59

Obtaining Space Situational Awareness Data, and a...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/04/27

Obtaining Space Situational Awareness Data, and a Curriculum for the Final Frontier. Here are some of the top stories from The Journal of Space Commerce this week.The Office of Space Commerce (OSC) has released a Request for Information seeking input on a future multi-vendor contract structure for obtaining space situational awareness (SSA) data and services. Responses will help shape OSC’s acquisition strategy for commercial data and services to integrate into the Traffic Coordination System for

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12:53

Space Employment and Space Investments

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/04/20

Space employment and space investment are both on the rise. Here are some of the top stories from The Journal of Space Commerce this week.The Space Report 2025 Q1, which shows space sector employment growth outpacing U.S. private sector growth, has been released by The Space Foundation. In the last decade, overall private sector employment increased 14.3%, while space sector employment increased 27%. Five-year growth for the industry has been even more significant, with employment increasing 18%

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11:00

Isaacman Faces Senate Questions, and Political Change...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/04/13

NASA Administrator nominee Jared Isaacman meets with the U.S. Senate, and Political Change and Space Commerce. Here are some of the top stories from The Journal of Space Commerce this week.The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee held a hearing Wednesday to consider the nomination of Entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be the next NASA Administrator. While Isaacman by his own admission to the committee is not a scientist or particularly political, he has traveled to space ... paying

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7:42

The Impact of Space Commerce on the U.S. Economy

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/04/06

The impact of space commerce on the U.S. economy, and another all-civilian space flight. I'm Tom Patton, and here are some of the top stories from The Journal of Space Commerce this week.The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has released new and updated U.S. space economy statistics for 2012–2023. These statistics provide estimates of the U.S. space economy's gross domestic product (GDP) and gross output by industry in current and chained (or “real”) dollars, as well as by-industry estimates of

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6:51

More SpaceX Launches, and Aiming for the Moon

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/03/30

SpaceX looks to increase its launch cadence from Cape Canaveral. I'm Tom Patton, and here are some of the top stories from The Journal of Space Commerce this week.The FAA has posted for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzing the SpaceX proposal to increase Falcon 9 operations from 50 to up to 120 per year from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Draft EA also reviews the construction of a first-stage booster landing zone at the

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7:11

Lunar Success, and the Return of Crew Nine

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/03/23

Lunar Success, and the return of Crew-9. I'm Tom Patton, and here are some of the stories we covered for you this week on The Journal of Space Commerce.After landing on the Moon with NASA science and technology demonstrations March 2, Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 concluded its mission March 16. But analysis of data returned to Earth from the NASA instruments continues, benefitting future lunar missions.“We collected over 119 gigabytes of data, and that's imagery data, and payload data,

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7:23

Blue Ghost Captures Solar Eclipse in Reverse

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/03/16

Blue Ghost captured a solar eclipse from a unique angle this week. Here are some of the top stories from The Journal of Space Commerce this week.Normally, when we think about a solar eclipse, it's the Moon crossing in front of the Sun and casting a shadow on Earth. But this week, the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander watched the Earth pass in front of the sun from its vantage point on the Moon in Mare Crisium. The eclipse lasted about 5 hours, with approximately 2 hours and 16 minutes of totality

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8:27

Space is All About Successes and Setbacks

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/03/09

Space exploration is all about successes and setbacks, and there was some of both this week. I'm Tom Patton, and here are some of the top stories from The Journal of Space Commerce this week.We'll start with a success. On Sunday, Blue Ghost Mission 1 ... dubbed by Firefly Aerospace as "Ghost Riders in the Sky"… successfully landed on the Moon. The achievement marked the first time that a commercial company achieved a fully successful soft landing on the lunar surface.The lander touched down at 2:34

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6:44

Starship and Intuitive Machines Trying Again

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/03/02

Starship tries again for orbit, and Intuitive Machines is on its way back to the Moon. I'm Tom Patton, and here are some of the top stories from The Journal of Space Commerce this week.SpaceX has updated its projection for the 8th Starship test flight to not earlier than Monday, March 3. The launch window will open at 5:30 p.m. CT. The launch was originally planned for last Friday, but it was delayed for unspecified reasons. The upcoming flight will target objectives not reached on the previous

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5:46

Making Space a Safe Space, and the 60th Electron Mission

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/02/23

A bi-partisan group of senators has reintroduced the Situational Awareness of Flying Elements, or SAFE, in Orbit Act, which would encourage the development of commercial space capabilities. That would be accomplished by directing the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) to acquire and disseminate unclassified data, analytics, information, and services on space activities and space traffic coordination in low-Earth orbit.The bill was originally introduced in 2024. It was passed by unanimous consent in the

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6:02

Space License Process Under Review, and a New FCC...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/02/16

House members are requesting a review of the space launch licensing process. Here are some of the top stories this week from The Journal of Space Commerce.House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairman Brian Babin (R-TX) and Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) have sent a letter to the Comptroller General requesting an independent review of the federal processes for licensing commercial launch and reentry activities. The Committee is particularly concerned with the implementation of Part 450

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7:35

Partners Wanted for VIPER and Haven-1

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/02/09

Are you interested in a Moon Rover ... low miles, never used? After the program was cancelled in 2024, NASA is now looking to secure a public/private partnership and land and operate NASA’s VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover) mission on the Moon. As part of an agreement, NASA would contribute the existing VIPER rover as-is. Potential partners would need to arrange for the integration and successful landing of the rover on the Moon, conduct a science/exploration campaign, and

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7:26

If You Blink, You Might Miss a Rocket Launch

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/02/02

The 24th edition of the Novaspace annual Government Space Programs (GSP) report reveals that global government space investments reached approximately $135 billion in 2024, a 10% increase compared to 2023. Defense spending, now the majority of budgets at $73 billion (54%), underscores space’s growing importance as a contested and strategic domain.The widening gap underscores the growing emphasis on defense-focused space programs, as space emerges as a pivotal domain for achieving strategic autonomy

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