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OSIRIS-REx Delivers Asteroid Sample After Seven Years in Space

By The Space Report research@spacefoundation.org. After more than a decade of planning, and seven years of space flight traversing more than 1 billion miles, a sample from the asteroid Bennu…

As Global Satellite Data Expands, Space Companies Rely on AI

While most people may think of ChatGPT or deep fake images when they hear “artificial intelligence”, AI methodologies are proving beneficial for a variety of applications, especially in data-heavy industries such as Earth observation.

Crew-7 Arrives on ISS Following NASA, SpaceX Launch

On Saturday, Aug. 26, SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station — each representing a different agency. This is the first SpaceX Crew mission where every member is from a different country.

India P.M. Calls Safe Landing of Lunar Probe ‘Dawn of a New Era’

Space workers in India celebrated Wednesday’s landing of the nation’s Chandrayaan-3 probe, making it the fourth nation to safely land a spacecraft on the Moon, and had their efforts lauded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “India is on the Moon,” Modi boomed in a broadcast to the India’s 1.4 billion residents. The landing came as Modi was on a trip to South Africa, touting his nation as a model for growth at an economic conference also involving Brazil, Russia and China.

As Russia, India Reach for Moon, NASA Supporters Work to Stop Budget Cuts

As India and Russia race to land spacecraft on the Moon’s south pole, America’s space agency is staring down proposed budget cuts that could threaten its ambitions to return astronauts to the lunar surface.

Pentagon Pivots with Big Bet on Commercial LEO Satellites

An illustration of commercial satellites in low Earth orbit shows Space Systems Command's future Plans. Credit: Space Force

The Pentagon placed a big bet on commercial space services when it issued its first open-ended contracts worth as much as $900 million to 16 companies offering communications and remote sensing services from low-Earth orbit.

As LEO Popularity Surges, Concern Escalates Over Debris Risk

Starting with Sputnik, humankind has littered low Earth orbit with clouds of debris, with as many as 170,000 objects ranging in size from poppy seeds to defunct satellites of school-bus size whizzing around the planet in uncontrolled orbits. With an historic surge in demand for satellites in low Earth orbit, including plans that could add more than 50,000 spacecraft, and planned space stations, the debris problem could grow exponentially.

Militaries Increase Spending on Space as War Hits Europe, Tensions Rise in Asia

As 2021 ended, Russia launched a ground-based anti-satellite missile, spreading debris in space and foreshadowing a difficult year ahead, which would see global defense spending reach unprecedented levels while Europe grappled with the most serious conflict seen there since the guns went silent in 1945.

Snapshot: The Global Space Economy, 2022

Commercial Infrastructure and Support Industries, 2022

A snapshot look at 2022 global space economy including commercial infrastructure and support industries, space products and services, U.S. Government space budgets and global government space budgets

The S-Network Space Index℠ First Half 2023 Performance

The S-Network Space IndexSM tracks a global portfolio of publicly traded companies that are active in space-related businesses such as satellite-based telecommunications; transmission of television and radio content via satellite; launch vehicle and satellite manufacturing, deployment, operation, and maintenance; manufacturing of ground equipment that relies on satellite systems; development of space technology and hardware; and space-based imagery and intelligence services.

The S-Network Space Index℠ tracks a global portfolio of publicly traded companies that are active in space-related businesses such as satellite-based telecommunications; transmission of television and radio content via satellite; launch vehicle and satellite manufacturing, deployment, operation, and maintenance; manufacturing of ground equipment that relies on satellite systems; development of space technology and hardware; and space-based imagery and intelligence services.

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