Lift Off! Navigating the Growth of the Commercial Space Industry
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2025 marked the issuance of two space-related executive orders with major effects on the commercial space industry. This client alert summarizes these changes and their likely impact on stakeholders such as satellite...more
Over the past couple of weeks, Congress moved a number of key space-related spending bills, and signaled support for the Pentagon’s acquisition reform agenda (albeit with a few congressionally mandated guardrails). Beyond...more
Recent developments in Washington point to a decisive shift in US space policy. ...more
In support of efforts by the Trump administration to strengthen US leadership in space and support the US space industry, the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) is seeking stakeholder feedback on a proposed new, optional...more
On December 3, 2025, the Office of Space Commerce hosted the first stakeholder engagement session to shape the regulatory landscape that will ultimately form the mission authorization for novel commercial space activities...more
Foley Hoag is publishing a series of articles on the legal issues confronting the data center industry. Part 1 examined energy usage challenges. Part 2 examined water, community, land use, and e-waste challenges. As part of...more
The president signed an executive order (EO) on Dec. 18, 2025, titled "Ensuring American Space Superiority," with the goal of enhancing U.S. leadership in space through several initiatives. Among other things, the EO calls...more
WHAT: On December 18, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO), “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” that seeks to establish “a space policy that will extend the reach of human discovery, secure the Nation’s...more
If it felt like this was a week of seconds, it wasn’t just you pining for a break over the holidays. President Trump signed the “Ensuring American Space Superiority” executive order, his second EO focused on space policy, and...more
On November 11 at 9:18 p.m., my phone erupted with the dings of incoming text messages advising me to go outside and “look north.” Those texts were soon followed by photos of the brilliant night sky above my small...more
Space and satellite systems underpin a wide range of critical functions, including global communications, navigation, scientific research, defense operations, and essential infrastructure services. As both government and...more
In an effort to more effectively keep pace with and reduce the burdens on the rapidly evolving and expanding commercial space sector, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) unanimously adopted a Notice of Proposed...more
Despite the Thanksgiving holiday, it’s been a busy couple of weeks in space. As we head into 2025’s homestretch, all Speaker Johnson wants for Christmas is final NDAA language, several members want NDAA language to put...more
In a 2009 interview, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg famously said, “Women belong in all places where decisions are being made.” Although she was probably considering institutions on Earth, her words resonate well beyond our...more
NASA’s Breakthrough Superalloy Wins Commercial Invention of the Year NASA Glenn Research Center’s new material, GRX-810, has been recognized as the Commercial Invention of the Year by NASA’s Inventions and Contributions...more
Amid ongoing developments related to the EU Space Act, the Italian Parliament passed its first national law on space economics (Law No. 89 of 2025 or the Italian Space Law) which came into force on June 25, 2025....more
New Zealand’s space industry has grown rapidly in recent years, with a recent government-funded report hailing that... “In the five years since 2019, the New Zealand Space sector has expanded from an estimated $1.75 billion...more
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...more
For World Space Week 2025, DLA Piper is exploring how the space industry is evolving in jurisdictions around the world....more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) recently published a draft comprehensive Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Space Modernization for the 21st Century,” aiming to overhaul its space and earth...more
On October 6, 2025, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr declared October 2025 “Space Month” in an effort “to boost our country’s space economy.” The FCC’s stated goal for Space Month “is to make sure that the U.S. is the friendliest...more
Despite the ongoing government shutdown and the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) cessation of most of its operations, on October 7, the FCC Chairman Brendan Carr released an ambitious and expansive tentative agenda...more
On October 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would seek comment on major reforms to its space and earth station licensing frameworks. The draft...more
World Space Week, held each year from October 4–10, is the largest global celebration of space science and technology. Established by the United Nations in 1999, it highlights how space exploration contributes to the...more
Space insurance is a specialised but vital market that underpins investment and innovation in the space sector and authorisation of space activities. As space activity accelerates, new and unpredictable risks—like collisions...more