A new space mission certification aims to streamline U.S. regulatory processes and reduce uncertainty for space companies, but it may end up doing the opposite.

The global space economy now exceeds $600 billion. The Syntax Space Industry Index is designed as a rules-based pure-play ...

Did you know nearly 17,500 satellites have been launched since 1957? Or what about the fact that more than 10% of those launches weren't registered internationally? While more and more orbital objects ...

Recognizing that space is now an integral component of present-day society, the Royal Society (the U.K. academy of sciences) has recently completed a report that explores the potential implications of ...

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The United States Capitol Building. Credit: Senate Democrats, CC BY 2.0 Identify what Article VI authorization and continuing supervision means and will look like. Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty ...

PRAGUE—China describes its space activity—including the deployment of highly maneuverable satellites, satellites equipped with robotic arms, and moon missions—as nonmilitary. But officials from the ...

Private citizens and companies may one day begin to permanently settle outer space and celestial bodies. But if we don’t enact governing laws in the meantime, space settlers may face legal chaos. Many ...

In 2021, a Starlink satellite and OneWeb spacecraft came dangerously close to colliding in orbit. While both companies’ automated systems detected a potential collision, the incident sparked intense ...

In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, Erika Isabella Scuderi, visiting assistant professor of tax law at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, discusses her proposal for establishing taxing ...

Commercial providers like SpaceX contract with NASA to fulfill the agency’s rocket launch needs. Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space ...