Stratview Research projects the electric propulsion segment will be the fastest-growing segment through 2032 due to efficiency, extended mission durations, and lower propellant requirements.

The NASA 2026 Reauthorization bill directs NASA to support the development and demonstration of human-rated lunar landing capabilities and, subject to funding, to procure those capabilities from not fewer than two commercial providers.

Axiom Space’s four ISS missions included more than 160 science and research activities and more than 100 outreach and media engagements while on orbit.

Radiation-hardened processors had lead times of 18 months during the 2022 supply crisis.

New Shepard has flown 38 times and carried 98 humans above the Kármán line to date.

The NASA 2026 Reauthorization bill requires that any commercial provider supplying human lunar landing systems be a U.S. commercial provider.

Blue Origin will pause New Shepard flights for at least two years to shift resources to development of the company’s human lunar capabilities.

The full committee markup is the first opportunity for lawmakers to formally vote on the underlying NASA 2026 Reauthorization bill and offer amendments.

Axiom Space added Voyager Technologies as a teammate participating in payload integration for the NASA award for Ax-5.

The NASA 2026 Reauthorization bill empowers the NASA Administrator to enter into agreements and public–private partnerships with U.S. commercial providers to support human exploration of the Moon and cislunar space.

Rare earth element supply chains still face 12 to 18 month delays as of 2026.

Stratview Research identifies expansion in satellite launches for communication and Earth observation services as the single most important growth driver for the satellite propulsion market.

The NASA 2026 Reauthorization bill orders a report on the risks of any gap in U.S. access to low Earth orbit platforms and explicitly lists increasing investment in and accelerating development of commercial space stations as an option to prevent such a gap.

CesiumAstro raised $470 million in a Series C growth capital round that includes $270 million in equity led by Trousdale Ventures.

Optical terminals for satellites required lead times of 18 months during the 2022 supply crisis.

SpaceX manufactures roughly 85 percent of its components in-house.

Government procurement regulations limit rapid supplier switching compared with commercial operators.

In four years, Axiom Space executed four missions onboard the International Space Station and flew 14 private and government astronauts.

China controls up to 93 percent of global rare earth processing.

Stratview Research projects the satellite propulsion market will grow from $3.08 billion in 2024 to $7.82 billion by 2032, achieving a compound annual growth rate of 12.3% during the 2025–2032 forecast period.

The Space Development Agency experienced 6 to 8 month delays on its Tranche 1 constellation partially due to propulsion supply chain issues.

The House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a markup hearing to review the NASA 2026 Reauthorization bill.

CesiumAstro will support scaled production of its fully integrated Element LEO satellite and growth of global technical and program teams with the funding proceeds.

The NASA 2026 Reauthorization bill requires NASA to certify compliance with existing commercial item and competition statutes for commercial partnerships.

Axiom Mission 5 (Ax-5) is targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and is expected to spend up to 14 days docked to the International Space Station.

Semiconductor lead times stretched to 40 to 52 weeks in mid-2022.

China has commissioned 37 satellite manufacturing plants.

The theme of New Space & Solutions 2026 is "Donde te contamos lo que el New Space hace por nosotros."

The New Space & Solutions forum will serve to identify sources of financing and attract investors to support startups.

The New Space & Solutions forum will provide a dialogue space for supranational, national, and local entities to promote policies such as the Plan Estratégico del Espacio.

Seville has been the headquarters of the Agencia Espacial Española (AEE) since 2024.

Nearly 40% of the speakers at the first edition of New Space & Solutions were women who were leaders in their companies or organizations.

New Space & Solutions will take place at the Parque Científico y Tecnológico Cartuja de Sevilla.

New Space & Solutions 2026 will again emphasize female talent by featuring women leaders in the space sector for interviews, talks, and presentations.

New Space & Solutions 2026 will focus on strengthening public–private collaboration and fostering cross-cutting innovation.

New Space & Solutions will host two virtual online days on Wednesday April 15 and Thursday April 16, 2026.

New Space & Solutions 2026 will include discussions on security, sustainability, regulation, and synergies in the space sector.

New Space & Solutions will host two in-person days in Seville on Monday April 13 and Tuesday April 14, 2026.

New Space & Solutions 2026 will address the context of growing investment in satellite constellations, artificial intelligence, and services based on space-derived data.

New Space & Solutions will hold its second edition from April 13 to April 16, 2026.

The Radio Regulations treaty was first implemented at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva in 1995 and was updated in The Radio Regulations, Edition of 2024.

The ITU’s mandate is governed by the ITU Constitution and the Radio Regulations treaty.

For large non-geostationary satellite constellations (NGSOs), the ITU enforces milestone-based deployment rules such as requiring 50% of the fleet to be launched within five years of the start of operations.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is primarily responsible for the global coordination of radio-frequency spectrum and orbital resources rather than the direct issuance of operating licenses.

Article 44 of the ITU Constitution recognizes radio frequencies and orbital slots, particularly the Geostationary Orbit (GEO), as limited natural resources.

The ITU maintains the Table of Frequency Allocations, which divides the radio spectrum into services such as Fixed-Satellite, Broadcasting-Satellite, and Mobile-Satellite.

Direct operating licenses for radio-frequency and satellite operations remain the sovereign jurisdiction of individual member-state administrations such as the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and the U.K. Ofcom.

The ITU enforces a seven-year deadline that causes regulatory rights to expire if a satellite is not placed in its assigned orbit and transmitting within seven years of the initial filing.

The ITU must approve filings submitted by a nation on behalf of a company rather than granting an operating license directly to the company.

The ITU oversees a cooperative registration process because radio waves cross national borders and spectrum use requires international coordination.