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Powering Space Exploration
On both terrestrial and non-terrestrial planets and the space between, human technology thrives using a well-known power: solar energy. This executive briefing probes photovoltaic technologies used in space exploration, highlighting…
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Eyes Wide Open: Harnessing the Remote Sensing and...
Remote sensing has a long history in the United States, but a relatively short commercial one. The 2020 National Space Policy explicitly states “that long-term United States national security and…
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Landsat Next on the Horizon
In December 2022, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey presented initial details about Landsat Next, the next proposed launch in the Landsat series of Earth-observing…
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The U.S. Army’s Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
The U.S. Army is acquiring a family of small uncrewed aircraft systems (sUAS) for ground maneuver elements at the battalion level and below to provide real-time reconnaissance, surveillance, and target…
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Explore the Universe with the First E-Book from...
Fermi provides a unique view of the universe and allows us to study some of its most curious phenomena. Fermi’s position in low-Earth orbit enables it to detect thousands of…
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2024 DoD Commercial Space Integration Strategy
The commercial space sector’s innovative capabilities, scalable production, and rapid technology refresh rates provide pathways to enhance the resilience of national security space architecture and strengthen deterrence. This Department of…
Learn MoreApplication of the Hybrid Satellite Network...
The space sector is transitioning towards Hybrid Satellite Networks (HSN), an aggregation of independently owned and operated terminals, antennas, satellites, payloads, or other components that comprise a satellite system. The…
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Commercial Space Transportation: FAA’s Oversight...
The number of commercial launch and reentry operations carrying humans is a small proportion of the overall number of commercial space operations—about 10 percent in 2023—but it is growing. This…
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Mine Games: Securing America’s Critical Mineral...
The Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, has listed 50 critical minerals that constitute a strategic vulnerability for the nation’s security and prosperity. And now,…
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Artemis: NASA’s Program to Return Humans to the...
Between 1969 and 1972, the Apollo program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) landed 12 American men on the Moon and returned them safely to Earth. Since then,…
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Reconceptualizing the Space Domain Beyond Historic...
Strategies for waging land, air, and sea wars have been ongoing for as long as humans have existed in those domains. Technological advances over the last century have necessitated the…
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Deterrence and Space Strategy: A Framework from...
If the United States wishes to sustain the strategic advantages provided by outer space, then it needs a “way” to tailor activities across instruments of national power for space deterrence.…
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State and Local Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft...
The general balance between Federal and state authority in the context of aviation regulation is well established. The Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) has the exclusive authority to regulate aviation safety…
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Uncrewed Aerial Systems Using Beyond Visual Line...
On March 10, 2022, the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) published a comprehensive and compelling Final Report, that included an Executive…
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Landsat Next on the Horizon
In December 2022, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey presented initial details about Landsat Next, the next proposed launch in the Landsat series of Earth-observing…
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