The 2024 SpaceNews Icon Awards honor extraordinary achievements that are driving humanity’s exploration of space and shaping the future of the industry. Chosen by the SpaceNews editorial team following an […]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWashington, D.C., November 21, 2024 — SpaceNews is proud to announce the appointment of Mike Gruss as its new Chief Content and Strategy Officer (CCSO), a critical addition […]

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This year’s SpaceNews Icon Awards celebrated the tremendous growth, recent successes, and all-around upswing of the commercial, military, and civil space industries. A highlight of the afternoon was a panel discussion hosted by SpaceNews senior staff writers Jeff Foust and Sandra Erwin, with some of the award winners. During the panel, guests were asked to discuss the industry’s crowning achievements from the past year, some of the main obstacles or challenges currently posing a risk to continued development in space, and what most excites them about the future, among other things.

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SpaceNews established the awards in 2017 to recognize and celebrate the people, programs and institutions shaping a rapidly evolving global space economy. Chosen by SpaceNews journalists with invaluable input from […]

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SpaceX's Starship reached an altitude of 148 kilometers shortly after the vehicle's Super Heavy booster broke apart moments after separation.

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This year’s Space Stewardship honorees include two pioneers in the field of space situational awareness and an industry-led initiative to foster best practices in on-orbit satellite servicing and related endeavors, including active removal of orbital debris. 

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Commercial space is no longer the sole domain of satellite telecommunications. Nearly every sector of the space enterprise is opening up to commercial providers. Two of our three finalists for this year’s Commercial Space Achievement award represent longstanding commercial pillars of the space industry: launch and satellite communications. The third is a pioneer in one of the most challenging space sectors to commercialize: human spaceflight.

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Since the beginning, the SpaceNews Awards have honored the well-known champions as well as the unsung heroes shaping the global space industry for the better. We endeavor to celebrate headline-grabbing breakthroughs as well as outside-the-limelight innovations.  
However, it's not just lunar landings that caught our attention in 2023. SpaceNews is delighted to reveal the finalists for the Civil Space Achievement of the Year award, and we invite you to join us on Tuesday, Dec. 5, during the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards event at the InterContinental Washington D.C. – The Wharf, where we'll unveil the winner.

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This year, the Moon took center stage with three robotic landing attempts between April in August. In the end, only India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission reached the lunar surface intact.

However, it's not just lunar landings that caught our attention in 2023. SpaceNews is delighted to reveal the finalists for the Civil Space Achievement of the Year award, and we invite you to join us on Tuesday, Dec. 5, during the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards event at the InterContinental Washington D.C. – The Wharf, where we'll unveil the winner.

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SpaceNews is pleased to spotlight the finalists for the Startup of the Year award, companies that have managed to capture our attention for their contributions to the space industry.

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This year seen some long-predicted industry consolidation come to pass. Which of 2023's many transactions will be recognized as the Deal of the Year at the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards?

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U.S. Space Force Col. Richard Kniseley, the head of Space Systems Command’s Commercial Space Office (COMSO), will deliver the keynote address at the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards on Dec. 5 in Washington. 

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The problem with ViaSat-3 Americas' main antenna does not affect current services provided by Viasat but does impact plans for new broadband services in North America that the spacecraft would have offered.

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Andrew Pemberton has been named Chief Executive Officer of SpaceNews, Inc., the world's largest space-industry trade media brand.

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In such a remarkable year for commercial, civil and military space, picking winners wasn’t easy. In the end, SpaceNews editors, reporters and trusted advisers agreed on nine individuals, organizations and trends deserving recognition.

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SpaceNews has hired veteran satellite industry reporter Jason Rainbow to anchor the organization’s satellite telecommunications coverage and expand its reporting on existing and emerging commercial space markets. 

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Office of Space Commerce Director Kevin O'Connell and former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe join SpaceNews Oct. 13 to discuss what's next in the effort to improve civil space traffic management.

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SpaceNews talks with top NOAA officials about the agency's strategy for replacing its current constellation, the breadth of concepts it's considering and the path to defining a next-generation architecture.

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Download your digital edition of the Aug. 3 issue of SpaceNews magazine, provided to you free as part of our special coverage of this week's free-to-attend 34th Annual Small Satellite Conference. 

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As part of our special coverage of this year's virtual Small Satellite Conference, SpaceNews is doing daily webinars Aug. 3-6 to bring you live newsmaker interviews, panel discussions and reporter roundtables in order to help bring you the full SmallSat experience (minus the Aggie's ice cream, unfortunately).

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Because many print subscribers are not at the office to receive their copy of SpaceNews, we are making it easy for everyone to download the PDF edition of the just-published May 11 issue.

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SmallSat Conference Chairman Pat Patterson will join SpaceNews Editor-in-Chief Brian Berger and Senior Staff Writer Jeff Foust on Tuesday, May 12, to take questions and discuss what the smallsat community can expect from this year's conference. 

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Space Force Vice Commander Lt. Gen. David Thompson and a panel of military space experts discuss what’s next for the newest branch of the U.S. armed services.

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Join SpaceNews staff writers Jeff Foust and Caleb Henry for a panel discussion on the FCC's 5G and orbital debris actions and where the independent agency fits into space policy efforts by the Trump administration and Congress.

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