As the U.S. government shutdown continues to drag on, you could be forgiven for thinking work on domestic space policy hasn’t slowed. The FCC launched a proposal to streamline the satellite licensing process, DoD is looking to boost space resilience with “government owned, commercially operated” satellites and there may be a reorganization in Space Force’s future. Elsewhere in the world (and out of it), a new Japanese unmanned cargo ship is on its way to the ISS, ESA is planning for greater space resilience and the Philippines and Malaysia signed on to the Artemis Accords, becoming the 58th and 59th countries to do so.
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