What Happened
Regulatory Pilot Aims to Streamline Space Industry Licensing
The US Office of Space Commerce has selected four companies - Cowboy Space, Portal Space Systems, Redwire subsidiary SpaceMD, and Starcloud - to participate in a pilot program aimed at improving licensing requirements for the space industry. The program, announced during SATShow Week in March, aims to create a transparent pathway for government approval of new and innovative commercial space missions. The Office of Space Commerce will work with these companies to refine the inaugural Space Commerce Certification form, which is designed to satisfy aspects of the licensing requirements for other space-regulating agencies. This development was first reported by Via Satellite.