Space traffic management - Unmanned airspace

Active satellite population “rises 29% in last year to nearly 17,000” – new report

September 9, 2026 Paloma Coelho Space traffic management

The number of active satellites orbiting Earth has risen by 29% in the past year to 16,819, according to the fourth edition of the Look

SpaceX plans USD100 billion Louisiana spaceport for high-volume Starship launches

August 26, 2026 Paloma Coelho Space traffic management

SpaceX plans to invest at least USD100 billion in a new spaceport on the Louisiana Gulf Coast designed to support thousands of Starship flights a

New US space transportation policy links to ATC modernisation programme

August 25, 2026 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

A new White House space transportation policy aims to support more than 1000 launches and reentries annually by 2030. To achieve this, the departments of

UTM rises into space – and ANSPs will have a role

August 11, 2026 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Commentary, Space traffic management

By Philip Butterworth-Hayes In March this year UAS traffic management (UTM) company Skypuzzler announced that it had been granted a European Space Agency (ESA) SPARK

Astrolight, ATMOS plan satellite and re-entry vehicle communications by laser

August 11, 2026 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Space traffic management

On August 10, 2026 Astrolight, a Lithuanian space and defence company developing laser communication solutions across space, ground, and maritime domains, and ATMOS Space Cargo,

Zelenskyy advisor warns Russia’s satellite network could control drones over Ukraine

August 11, 2026 Kylie Bielby Counter-UAS systems and policies, Space traffic management, Ukraine C-UAS news

Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov, an adviser to the President of Ukraine, has warned that Russia’s satellite network could enable drone control over Ukraine. Russia is accelerating

China launches first commercial space debris monitoring satellites

July 27, 2026 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

China has begun deploying its first commercial constellation dedicated to space debris monitoring, a 120-satellite network designed for continuous all-orbit target detection. The first satellite

Researchers find tiny but dangerous space debris

July 20, 2026 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

Warwick University researchers have led an international effort to uncover some of the faintest debris in geosynchronous orbit that have ever been observed, finding fragments

Kratos and L3Harris receive space domain contracts

July 14, 2026 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has received a sole source prime contract award for the production of a ground-based modular space domain awareness system.

ICAO task force to develop international guidelines for space transport integration

June 22, 2026 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Task Force on Space Transport Operations (STO) has had its inaugural meeting at the United Nations Office for Outer