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  1. "#Weather forecasts and radio #astronomy observations need better protections under a new Federal Communications Commission rule, scientific societies warn. House Science Committee leaders are meanwhile opposing the rule’s space operations requirements, saying they exceed the commission’s authority."

    aip.org/fyi/weather-and-astron

    #SpaceEnvironment #SpacePolicy #FCC

  2. "#Weather forecasts and radio #astronomy observations need better protections under a new Federal Communications Commission rule, scientific societies warn. House Science Committee leaders are meanwhile opposing the rule’s space operations requirements, saying they exceed the commission’s authority."

    aip.org/fyi/weather-and-astron

    #SpaceEnvironment #SpacePolicy #FCC

  3. "#Weather forecasts and radio #astronomy observations need better protections under a new Federal Communications Commission rule, scientific societies warn. House Science Committee leaders are meanwhile opposing the rule’s space operations requirements, saying they exceed the commission’s authority."

    aip.org/fyi/weather-and-astron

    #SpaceEnvironment #SpacePolicy #FCC

  4. "#Weather forecasts and radio #astronomy observations need better protections under a new Federal Communications Commission rule, scientific societies warn. House Science Committee leaders are meanwhile opposing the rule’s space operations requirements, saying they exceed the commission’s authority."

    aip.org/fyi/weather-and-astron

    #SpaceEnvironment #SpacePolicy #FCC

  5. "#Weather forecasts and radio #astronomy observations need better protections under a new Federal Communications Commission rule, scientific societies warn. House Science Committee leaders are meanwhile opposing the rule’s space operations requirements, saying they exceed the commission’s authority."

    aip.org/fyi/weather-and-astron

    #SpaceEnvironment #SpacePolicy #FCC

  6. "Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse approval of a startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from #space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project’s potential impacts on wildlife, astronomy research and eye safety."

    nbcnews.com/science/space/envi

    #Satellites #SpacePolicy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC

  7. "Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse approval of a startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from #space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project’s potential impacts on wildlife, astronomy research and eye safety."

    nbcnews.com/science/space/envi

    #Satellites #SpacePolicy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC

  8. "Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse approval of a startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from #space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project’s potential impacts on wildlife, astronomy research and eye safety."

    nbcnews.com/science/space/envi

    #Satellites #SpacePolicy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC

  9. "Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse approval of a startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from #space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project’s potential impacts on wildlife, astronomy research and eye safety."

    nbcnews.com/science/space/envi

    #Satellites #SpacePolicy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC

  10. "Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse approval of a startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from #space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project’s potential impacts on wildlife, astronomy research and eye safety."

    nbcnews.com/science/space/envi

    #Satellites #SpacePolicy #ReflectOrbital #SunlightAsAService #FCC

  11. "Our measurements reveal an average brightness seven times brighter than mitigation targets cited in FCC filings and peak values over 200 times brighter than the International Astronomical Union’s recommended threshold (V magnitude 7). Now, AST SpaceMobile is expected to deploy over 200 Block 2 satellites that are each three times larger (199 m2) which would be three times brighter than Block 1 (all else being equal), and regulations have not changed."

    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    #Space #Satellites #Astronomy #SpacePolicy

  12. "Our measurements reveal an average brightness seven times brighter than mitigation targets cited in FCC filings and peak values over 200 times brighter than the International Astronomical Union’s recommended threshold (V magnitude 7). Now, AST SpaceMobile is expected to deploy over 200 Block 2 satellites that are each three times larger (199 m2) which would be three times brighter than Block 1 (all else being equal), and regulations have not changed."

    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    #Space #Satellites #Astronomy #SpacePolicy

  13. "Our measurements reveal an average brightness seven times brighter than mitigation targets cited in FCC filings and peak values over 200 times brighter than the International Astronomical Union’s recommended threshold (V magnitude 7). Now, AST SpaceMobile is expected to deploy over 200 Block 2 satellites that are each three times larger (199 m2) which would be three times brighter than Block 1 (all else being equal), and regulations have not changed."

    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    #Space #Satellites #Astronomy #SpacePolicy

  14. "Our measurements reveal an average brightness seven times brighter than mitigation targets cited in FCC filings and peak values over 200 times brighter than the International Astronomical Union’s recommended threshold (V magnitude 7). Now, AST SpaceMobile is expected to deploy over 200 Block 2 satellites that are each three times larger (199 m2) which would be three times brighter than Block 1 (all else being equal), and regulations have not changed."

    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    #Space #Satellites #Astronomy #SpacePolicy

  15. "Our measurements reveal an average brightness seven times brighter than mitigation targets cited in FCC filings and peak values over 200 times brighter than the International Astronomical Union’s recommended threshold (V magnitude 7). Now, AST SpaceMobile is expected to deploy over 200 Block 2 satellites that are each three times larger (199 m2) which would be three times brighter than Block 1 (all else being equal), and regulations have not changed."

    iopscience.iop.org/article/10.

    #Space #Satellites #Astronomy #SpacePolicy

  16. "For now, people are more likely to be struck by lightning than by falling space junk. But those odds are shifting. Sean O’Keefe, a former NASA administrator, ... and other experts say that governments and companies should be compelled to use materials that will fully disintegrate. No such regulation exists."

    nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    #Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #SpaceSustainability

  17. "For now, people are more likely to be struck by lightning than by falling space junk. But those odds are shifting. Sean O’Keefe, a former NASA administrator, ... and other experts say that governments and companies should be compelled to use materials that will fully disintegrate. No such regulation exists."

    nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    #Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #SpaceSustainability

  18. "For now, people are more likely to be struck by lightning than by falling space junk. But those odds are shifting. Sean O’Keefe, a former NASA administrator, ... and other experts say that governments and companies should be compelled to use materials that will fully disintegrate. No such regulation exists."

    nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    #Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #SpaceSustainability

  19. "For now, people are more likely to be struck by lightning than by falling space junk. But those odds are shifting. Sean O’Keefe, a former NASA administrator, ... and other experts say that governments and companies should be compelled to use materials that will fully disintegrate. No such regulation exists."

    nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    #Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #SpaceSustainability

  20. "For now, people are more likely to be struck by lightning than by falling space junk. But those odds are shifting. Sean O’Keefe, a former NASA administrator, ... and other experts say that governments and companies should be compelled to use materials that will fully disintegrate. No such regulation exists."

    nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/a

    #Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #SpaceSustainability

  21. Copernicus Sentinel-3C to strengthen Europe’s view of a changing Earth

    On 14 September at 22:21 Kourou time (01:21 UTC on 15 September, 03:21 CEST), the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite…
    #Europe #EU #European #spaceindustry #spacepolicy #spaceresearch #spacetransport #spacevehicle
    europesays.com/europe/105543/

  22. "As agencies turn priorities on paper into budget decisions, Sargent said the risk is that an application-focused model optimizes away the undirected science that has historically produced the most valuable surprises. 'If you try to centrally plan too much, then you might miss out on the kind of randomness of discovery,” Sargent said."

    payloadspace.com/space-science

    #Space #SpacePolicy

  23. "As agencies turn priorities on paper into budget decisions, Sargent said the risk is that an application-focused model optimizes away the undirected science that has historically produced the most valuable surprises. 'If you try to centrally plan too much, then you might miss out on the kind of randomness of discovery,” Sargent said."

    payloadspace.com/space-science

    #Space #SpacePolicy

  24. "As agencies turn priorities on paper into budget decisions, Sargent said the risk is that an application-focused model optimizes away the undirected science that has historically produced the most valuable surprises. 'If you try to centrally plan too much, then you might miss out on the kind of randomness of discovery,” Sargent said."

    payloadspace.com/space-science

    #Space #SpacePolicy

  25. "As agencies turn priorities on paper into budget decisions, Sargent said the risk is that an application-focused model optimizes away the undirected science that has historically produced the most valuable surprises. 'If you try to centrally plan too much, then you might miss out on the kind of randomness of discovery,” Sargent said."

    payloadspace.com/space-science

    #Space #SpacePolicy

  26. "As agencies turn priorities on paper into budget decisions, Sargent said the risk is that an application-focused model optimizes away the undirected science that has historically produced the most valuable surprises. 'If you try to centrally plan too much, then you might miss out on the kind of randomness of discovery,” Sargent said."

    payloadspace.com/space-science

    #Space #SpacePolicy

  27. #Amazon is asking the #FCC to approve 5,105 massive new #satellites while hiding their orbital debris risk models behind a wall of corporate secrecy. The public deserves full transparency, because a safe and sustainable space environment belongs to all of us — not just to the highest bidder.

    spacenews.com/amazon-files-app

    #Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy

  28. #Amazon is asking the #FCC to approve 5,105 massive new #satellites while hiding their orbital debris risk models behind a wall of corporate secrecy. The public deserves full transparency, because a safe and sustainable space environment belongs to all of us — not just to the highest bidder.

    spacenews.com/amazon-files-app

    #Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy

  29. #Amazon is asking the #FCC to approve 5,105 massive new #satellites while hiding their orbital debris risk models behind a wall of corporate secrecy. The public deserves full transparency, because a safe and sustainable space environment belongs to all of us — not just to the highest bidder.

    spacenews.com/amazon-files-app

    #Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy

  30. #Amazon is asking the #FCC to approve 5,105 massive new #satellites while hiding their orbital debris risk models behind a wall of corporate secrecy. The public deserves full transparency, because a safe and sustainable space environment belongs to all of us — not just to the highest bidder.

    spacenews.com/amazon-files-app

    #Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy

  31. #Amazon is asking the #FCC to approve 5,105 massive new #satellites while hiding their orbital debris risk models behind a wall of corporate secrecy. The public deserves full transparency, because a safe and sustainable space environment belongs to all of us — not just to the highest bidder.

    spacenews.com/amazon-files-app

    #Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy

  32. "The U.S. Federal Communications Commission can single-handedly green-light massive spaceflight projects that could completely change the view of the night sky for the entire world. Despite the outcry these projects have caused, space law experts say there is very little other nations and the international community can do to thwart them if the FCC were to grant them licenses."

    space.com/space-exploration/sa

    #Space #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #Satellites

  33. "The U.S. Federal Communications Commission can single-handedly green-light massive spaceflight projects that could completely change the view of the night sky for the entire world. Despite the outcry these projects have caused, space law experts say there is very little other nations and the international community can do to thwart them if the FCC were to grant them licenses."

    space.com/space-exploration/sa

    #Space #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #Satellites

  34. "The U.S. Federal Communications Commission can single-handedly green-light massive spaceflight projects that could completely change the view of the night sky for the entire world. Despite the outcry these projects have caused, space law experts say there is very little other nations and the international community can do to thwart them if the FCC were to grant them licenses."

    space.com/space-exploration/sa

    #Space #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #Satellites

  35. "The U.S. Federal Communications Commission can single-handedly green-light massive spaceflight projects that could completely change the view of the night sky for the entire world. Despite the outcry these projects have caused, space law experts say there is very little other nations and the international community can do to thwart them if the FCC were to grant them licenses."

    space.com/space-exploration/sa

    #Space #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #Satellites

  36. "The U.S. Federal Communications Commission can single-handedly green-light massive spaceflight projects that could completely change the view of the night sky for the entire world. Despite the outcry these projects have caused, space law experts say there is very little other nations and the international community can do to thwart them if the FCC were to grant them licenses."

    space.com/space-exploration/sa

    #Space #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #Satellites

  37. Moving #AI #DataCenters to #space is high-altitude #greenwashing. We just filed comments urging the #FCC to reject Cowboy Space’s 20,000-satellite "Stampede" constellation. From stratospheric metallic pollution to escalating collision risks and threats to astronomy, the hazards of orbital computing are severe. The FCC must require a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

    Read our full comment: spaceenvironmentalism.org/acti

    #SpacePolicy #Astronomy #Sustainability #SpaceDebris

  38. Moving #AI #DataCenters to #space is high-altitude #greenwashing. We just filed comments urging the #FCC to reject Cowboy Space’s 20,000-satellite "Stampede" constellation. From stratospheric metallic pollution to escalating collision risks and threats to astronomy, the hazards of orbital computing are severe. The FCC must require a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

    Read our full comment: spaceenvironmentalism.org/acti

    #SpacePolicy #Astronomy #Sustainability #SpaceDebris

  39. Moving #AI #DataCenters to #space is high-altitude #greenwashing. We just filed comments urging the #FCC to reject Cowboy Space’s 20,000-satellite "Stampede" constellation. From stratospheric metallic pollution to escalating collision risks and threats to astronomy, the hazards of orbital computing are severe. The FCC must require a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

    Read our full comment: spaceenvironmentalism.org/acti

    #SpacePolicy #Astronomy #Sustainability #SpaceDebris

  40. Moving #AI #DataCenters to #space is high-altitude #greenwashing. We just filed comments urging the #FCC to reject Cowboy Space’s 20,000-satellite "Stampede" constellation. From stratospheric metallic pollution to escalating collision risks and threats to astronomy, the hazards of orbital computing are severe. The FCC must require a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

    Read our full comment: spaceenvironmentalism.org/acti

    #SpacePolicy #Astronomy #Sustainability #SpaceDebris

  41. Moving #AI #DataCenters to #space is high-altitude #greenwashing. We just filed comments urging the #FCC to reject Cowboy Space’s 20,000-satellite "Stampede" constellation. From stratospheric metallic pollution to escalating collision risks and threats to astronomy, the hazards of orbital computing are severe. The FCC must require a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

    Read our full comment: spaceenvironmentalism.org/acti

    #SpacePolicy #Astronomy #Sustainability #SpaceDebris

  42. EU SST celebrates 10 years of operations – 10 years of space safety and sustainability made in the EU!

    Ten years ago today, on 1 July 2016, five Member States embarked on a new endeavour: they networked…
    #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion #satellitecommunications #spacepolicy
    europesays.com/europe/83448/

  43. Zagreb Hosts the Final SUNSHINE Project Training Seminar on EU Space for Disaster Resilience

    From 23 to 26 June 2026, the EU-funded SUNSHINE project held its fourth and final Training Seminar in Zagreb, Croatia.…
    #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion #spaceindustry #spacepolicy #spaceresearch
    europesays.com/europe/81311/

  44. European Commission and ESA expand Flight Ticket Initiative to strengthen Europe’s launch capabilities

    The European Commission, together with the European Space Agency (ESA), has opened the European Flight Ticket Initiative to…
    #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion #spaceindustry #spacepolicy
    europesays.com/europe/80187/

  45. EU GOVSATCOM Hub Site in Cologne to further strengthen Europe’s Secure Satellite Communications

    Europe’s secure satellite communications programme took a major step forward last week with the groundbreaking of the GOVSATCOM…
    #Europe #EU #spaceindustry #spacepolicy
    europesays.com/europe/78827/