Space traffic management - Unmanned airspace

Spaceflux wins UK government space surveillance and tracking contracts

November 21, 2025 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

Spaceflux Ltd, a UK-based specialist in space domain awareness (SDA) and space intelligence, has won all three major multimillion-pound, multi-year UK government contracts to provide

Thales launches low orbit space surveillance radar system AURORE

October 29, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Space traffic management

As part of the ARES programme (Action and Space Resilience), Thales has been notified of a contract from the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) to

Global space debris committee expands

September 30, 2025 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

The Australian Space Agency (ASA) and Agencia Espacial Española (AEE, Spanish Space Agency) have become Associate Members of the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC).

US executive order aims to boost space industry with new spaceports and approvals

August 15, 2025 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

On the heels of the executive orders aimed at supporting the US drone industry, the federal government has issued an executive order to boost the

UK CAA grants vertical launch licence to Skyrora

August 7, 2025 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has granted the first ever vertical launch licence to a UK based company. Skyrora has been licensed to launch and

GMV to develop collision avoidance service for LEO constellations with ESA support

July 21, 2025 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

GMV has been awarded a new research and development contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) under its Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) Core

UK Space Agency launches GBP 75M tender for removing space debris

July 7, 2025 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

The UK Space Agency has launched a new procurement process to tackle the growing threat of space debris, initiating a GBP 75.6 million tender for

Look Up funded EUR 50 million to build space traffic management radars

June 12, 2025 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Space traffic management

Look Up (formerly Look Up Space), a Toulouse-based European company specializing in orbital safety and the protection of space infrastructure, has announced a EUR50 million

US Senators reintroduce ORBITS Act to address space debris

June 3, 2025 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

A bipartisan group of US senators have reintroduced the Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act to establish a demonstration programme that they say would reduce the nearly

ESA to gather experts to discuss space debris

March 24, 2025 Kylie Bielby Space traffic management

The 9th European Conference on Space Debris, organised by the European Space Agency (ESA) and supported by the German Space Agency, will get underway on