Companies are building spacecraft specifically designed to capture and deorbit dead satellites, though the emerging industry’s business model still depends heavily on future debris-removal regulation.
Read MoreFixed-price contracts with private companies have taken over cargo resupply, crew transport, and increasingly core space infrastructure once run directly by government agencies.
Read MoreMultiple national space programs are racing to establish a sustained lunar presence this decade, driven as much by strategic competition and resource interests in polar ice as by scientific exploration.
Read MoreSatellite internet constellations have connected millions of previously unserved users, even as astronomers document growing interference with telescope observations from the sheer number of satellites now in orbit.
Read MoreReusable rockets have driven launch costs down dramatically, opening orbit to far smaller players — and creating a growing orbital congestion challenge that traffic management hasn’t fully caught up with.
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