The Trump administration's plan to gut the Office of Space Commerce and cancel the government's first civilian-run space traffic control program is gaining plenty of detractors. Earlier this week ...

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Several months later, the U.S. sent Explorer I into space. With two small objects, the space race began. As of March 2025, more than 11,000 satellites ...

TraCSS is like an FAA for space, and it's slated for the chopping block Space industry bigwigs have sent letters to Congressional leaders urging them not to eliminate funding for preventing space ...

Seven industry organizations representing over 450 space, satellite, and defense companies are asking congressional appropriators to sufficiently fund an office within the National Oceanic and ...

"These are like air traffic controllers for space, they handle space traffic coordination to prevent collisions," one of the sources said, adding the layoffs come at a bad time given the number of ...

The Office of Space Commerce is beta testing its Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). Credit: NOAA WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced a bill to formally ...

China’s national space agency has announced plans to develop a space traffic management system, aiming to ensure sustainable use of low Earth orbit as satellite numbers are expected to soar to ...

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A space technology accelerator has chosen a group of 10 startups to receive seed money for their work to develop new technologies that have both public sector and commercial applications.

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The chief of the Traffic Coordination System for Space, Dmitry Poisik, was among the employees fired, according to one of the sources. He could not be reached for comment.