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In 2016, private industry space companies in the United States employed 128,163 professionals. This is 1.6% fewer than in 2015, continuing an 8-year trend of decline in the size of...
Read MoreThe U.S. Space workforce is composed of more than 173,000 workers across the commercial, civil, and national security sectors. In recent years, the U.S. space workforce has been shrinking, and...
Read MoreSeven U.S. civil government agencies have space line items, if not subordinate space agencies, in their budget: the NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National Science Foundation...
Read MoreSpace technologies are a vital asset to the United States military across air, land, sea, and cyberspace. All four branches under the Department of Defense (DoD) – the Air Force...
Read MoreResponsibility for the operation of the Galileo constellation’s ground system moved in 2018 from the European Space Agency (ESA)… Responsibility for the operation of the Galileo constellation’s ground system moved...
Read MoreThe United States (U.S.) spent USD $48.3 billion on space activities in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, which ran from October 1, 2017, through September 30, 2018. 2018 represented an increase...
Read MoreIn 2018, the USAF continued GPS operations with ground equipment that is decades old. The number of command and control antennas (which the USAF uses to send GPS satellite commands...
Read MoreFor PNT satellites to function reliably and in some cases provide more than just the basic function of timing signals from space to the ground, a ground network is necessary....
Read MoreJapan’s Cabinet Office continues to operate all four satellites of QZSS (also known as Michibiki), the country’s PNT constellation. QZSS is a regional PNT system solely catering to Japan’s population....
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