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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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16:39

Easing Regulations for Satellite Licensing

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/11/16

The Federal Communications Commission has launched what it calls a generational rulemaking to overhaul its satellite and earth-station licensing processes. This proceeding represents the centerpiece of the Commission’s Final Frontiers agenda to ensure that America’s space innovators build and win on the global stage.The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would overhaul the agency’s decades-old regulations and rewrite them from the ground up in a new Part 100. In particular, the Commission proposes a

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13:36

Jared Isaacman Returns to the Political Fray

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/11/09

Without much fanfare, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social and X that he was renominating Jared Isaacman to be the next NASA Administrator.In the social media post, Trump said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has “done an incredible job as Interim Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). I am pleased to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished business leader, philanthropist pilot and astronaut, as Administrator of NASA.Isaacman was nominated earlier

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14:46

Rocket Lab Completes a Spacecraft for a Cryogenic...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/11/02

The Photon spacecraft for Eta Space and NASA’s LOXSAT mission has been completed by Rocket Lab. The final piece to be cleared was the Systems Integration Review (SIR) which allows the spacecraft to proceed with payload integration. Rocket Lab will now move the mission into environmental testing – the next phase before its launch on Electron in early 2026.LOXSAT is an on-orbit technology demonstration of a cryogenic fluid management system, that will inform the design of Cryo-Dock, a full-scale

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10:25

Unencrypted Data has Been Intercepted from...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/10/26

A comprehensive security study has exposed significant vulnerabilities in geostationary satellite communications. The study found that sensitive data from corporations, governments and millions of consumers can be intercepted using equipment costing just a few hundred dollars. The University of California, San Diego and University of Maryland research team observed 411 transponders across 39 geostationary satellites over a seven-month period, capturing unencrypted traffic that included cellular

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15:00

Another Successful Starship Test Flight

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/10/19

The 11th flight test of Starship went off without a hitch Monday, lifting off at 6:23 p.m. CT from Starbase in south Texas and ending with the booster landing in the Gulf of America and Ship splashing down in the Indian Ocean. This was the final flight of the second-generation Starship and first generation Super Heavy booster, as well as the final launch from the current configuration of Pad 1. Every major objective of the flight test was achieved, providing valuable data as SpaceX prepares the next

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15:05

Defense Drives Surge in Space Investments

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/10/12

The commercial space industry attracted $5.8 billion across 115 companies in the third quarter of 2025, putting the year on track to rank among the top three funding years on record, according to Space Capital’s latest quarterly report. The report noted that NASA faces budget constraints, with the administration proposing cuts while Congress works to maintain funding near $25 billion. That is pushing defense spending to emerge as the primary investment driver, with the Space Force potentially

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13:31

Acquisitions, Rebranding and the Future of the Office...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/10/05

We saw a couple of strategic acquisitions in the Space Commerce world this week. Intuitive Machines has completed its previously announced acquisition of KinetX, which specializes in deep space navigation, systems engineering, and constellation mission design. Intuitive Machines says the acquisition enhances its ability to provide customers secure, reliable communications and precision navigation for lunar and interplanetary missions, by combining its data service platform with KinetX deep space

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15:49

A Strategic Acquisition for Quantum Space, and More...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/09/28

A technology that allows a single system to operate in both high-thrust chemical and high-efficiency electric modes has been acquired by Quantum Space. This strategic acquisition from Phase Four, which also includes an integration and test facility in Los Angeles, strengthens Quantum Space’s ability to deliver highly maneuverable, persistent, and cost-efficient platforms for its national security, civil, and commercial customers and enabling missions from low-Earth to geostationary orbit and on to

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11:54

Building International Partnerships in Space Commerce

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/09/21

Representatives from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) joined U.S. government and European Union (E.U.) colleagues in Washington, D.C. recently for the 13th U.S.-E.U. Space Dialogue.DOC attendees included representatives from NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, the Office of Space Commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and

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14:15

There's a New Space Race ... This time with China.

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/09/07

The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing Wednesday focused on the issue of what nation will be first to land the next humans on the Moon. The hearing, titled "There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise: Why Congress and NASA Must Thwart China in the Space Race”, included testimony from former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, as well as Allen Cutler, president and CEO of the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration; Mike Gold, president of Civil and International Space for

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12:50

Starship's 10th Test Flight Success, and a New...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/08/31

The 10th Starship test flight, conducted Tuesday evening, met every major objective laid out for the flight.The flight test began with Super Heavy successfully lifting off by igniting all 33 Raptor engines and ascending over the Gulf of America. The successful ascent was followed by a hot-staging maneuver, with Starship’s upper stage igniting its six Raptor engines to separate from Super Heavy and continue the flight to space.Following stage separation, the Super Heavy booster completed its

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12:01

A Commercial Space Milestone for the FAA, and an Art...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/08/24

U.S. Transportation Secretary and Acting NASA Administrator Sean P. Duffy recently marked the FAA’s 1,000th operation of a commercial space vehicle that the agency licensed or permitted. As the number of launches and reentries continues to grow, particularly with the signing last week of the “Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry” Executive Order, the FAA is moving forward with actions to maintain public safety while reducing regulatory burden to meet increasing industry

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14:26

A Commercial Space EO, and Studying Low Cost Launch...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/08/17

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an Executive Order (EO) titled “Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry” that will enable a competitive launch marketplace and substantially increase the commercial space launch cadence and novel space activities by 2030.According to the text of the EO, the commercial space industry drives economic growth, supports cutting-edge technology, and advances Federal space exploration objectives. Inefficient permitting processes discourage investment

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15:17

Space Commerce Week August 10, 2025

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/08/10

NASA has awarded a CLPS contract valued at $176.7 million to Firefly Aerospace to deliver five NASA-sponsored payloads to the Moon’s south pole in 2029. The mission will utilize Firefly’s Elytra orbital vehicle and Blue Ghost lunar lander to enable payload operations that include evaluating the Moon’s south pole resources, such as hydrogen, water, and other minerals, and studying the radiation and thermal environment that could affect future astronauts and lunar infrastructure.During Blue Ghost

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11:30

Australia's Eris Rocket Flies for 14 Seconds, and...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/08/03

The maiden test launch of Australia's first locally designed and built orbital rocket was conducted Wednesday by Gilmour Space Technologies, marking a major milestone toward offering low-cost, responsive launch services for small satellites.The 75-foot, 30-metric ton Eris rocket, powered by new hybrid propulsion technology, successfully lifted off from the Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland, achieving approximately 14 seconds of flight. An apparent anomaly with one of the primary first

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10:24

Bipartisan Space Caucus Chartered, and Orbitfab...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/07/27

As human access to space continues to surge, a new bipartisan Congressional Caucus dedicated to U.S. leadership in space exploration has officially been established. The Advancing Humanity in Space Congressional Caucus (AHSCC) was formed through the leadership and vision of its four bipartisan co-chairs: Republicans Don Bacon of Nebraska and Gabe Evans of Colorado, along with Democrats Glenn Ivey of Maryland and George Whitesides from California.With support from Space for Humanity, the new caucus

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9:57

SES Acquires Intelsat, and the Ax-4 Mission Returns...

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/07/20

On April 30, 2024, SES and Intelsat announced an agreement for SES to acquire Intelsat for a cash consideration of $3.1 billion, or about €2.8 billion. The transaction was subject to receipt of relevant regulatory clearances and other relevant requirements which all have now been obtained.That merger closed earlier this week.The acquisition has been in the works since at least 2023, when the two companies revealed that they had been discussing the combination. Those discussions ended in June of

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9:44

New Zealand Launches, But Australia Doesn't

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/07/06

The 68th Electron rocket was launched last weekend, deploying a single satellite to space for a confidential commercial customer. The mission was the second of two launches for Rocket Lab from the same launch site in less than 48 hours, a new launch record for the company.The ‘Symphony In The Stars’ mission lifted-off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand on June 28th to deploy a single spacecraft to a circular Earth orbit. The mission was the first of two dedicated launches for the

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10:34

Rockets, Rockets Everywhere, and Two Lunar Rovers

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/06/29

Monday was a very busy day for commercial space launch companies, and both coasts saw some launch action this week. In the early morning hours Monday, SpaceX lofted another 27 Starlink satellites into orbit just before 2:00 am. The launch marked a milestone for the booster that was used. It was the 25th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-24, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13F, OneWeb 1, SES-18 and SES-19, and now 21 Starlink missions.Later Monday morning, ULA

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10:22

Rocket Launch Fees and Honda Tests a Reusable Rocket

Space Commerce Week ·

2025/06/22

You've heard of the "Big Beautiful Bill" ... also known as the Budget Reconciliation Act. One of the provisions in that bill is for space companies to pay a fee for launching rockets beginning next year. According to the text of the bill in both houses of Congress, starting in 2026, the Secretary of Transportation would impose fees on each space launch or reentry under a license or permit.The fee will be the lesser of a specified amount per pound of payload weight, which increases annually from

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