The most transformative conference & expo advancing the commercial space industry.
If you're a leader in space, the industry is depending on you to be there.
SpaceCom | Space Congress exclusively draws participation from the industry leaders and organizations with the power to drive new space strategies, fuel forward progress, signal demand for continued innovation, inform policy, and institute a sustainable future for commercial space. As host of Commercial Space Week, SpaceCom integrates the people, institutions, and solutions that ignite innovation– facilitating progress for every space mission.
Welcome to The SpaceCom Column
Fresh insights and commentary on the latest commercial space news.
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Next-gen space startups are advancing technologies with strong potential to enhance U.S. national security in the era of New Space 2.0. -
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Japan is advancing its lunar ambitions through private-sector innovation, with ispace’s RESILIENCE mission marking a key step toward establishing technologies essential to the Moon’s future economy. -
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Planetary scientist Alan Stern shares insights on how today’s commercial lunar missions may be laying the early groundwork for a future lunar economy. -
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Eric Schmidt’s move to CEO of Relativity Space sparks questions—strategic bet, personal ambition, or the next challenge for a tech mogul driven by innovation. -
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The resurgence of space mining, fueled by new technology and players, suggests the industry may be ready to turn celestial resources into viable ventures, with lunar water extraction as the focus. -
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NASA’s CLPS initiative, with Firefly and Intuitive Machines, is accelerating lunar missions, testing technology, conducting experiments, and paving the way for future Artemis landings. -
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For the past three years, CES has been steadily integrating space tech into its Las Vegas show, shifting away from its traditional focus on TVs and PCs. -
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U.S. launch advancements are fueling commercial reentry innovations, with companies like Varda, Inversion, and Outpost leading efforts to meet commercial and defense needs. -
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This article discusses the shift to optical communication in satellite data relay networks, driven by programs like the Space Development Agency’s HALO, to enable faster and more secure data transfer. -
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As the world’s first purpose-build commercial spaceport founded in 2005 and officially declared open in 2011, Spaceport America has certainly gotten a bloody nose or two during its 18 years of constru ... -
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U.S. Defense Department’s HALO program aims to secure a resilient supply chain for PLEO satellites by diversifying launch options and exploring high-volume manufacturing for peacetime and crisis use. -
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As space operations expand, the debate between refueling aging satellites and deorbiting them intensifies. What are the advantages and disadvantages to each option? -
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Supporting a trillion-dollar space economy will require finding and retaining skilled workers to build the rockets, satellites, and the ecosystem of suppliers and services to make everything work. -
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As Starship moves beyond R&D into operations, Falcon 9 launches are going to continue to increase pace with an anticipated average of a launch every 2.5 days in 2024. Meanwhile, ULA’s Atlas, the work ... -
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Having two qualified vendors for launch services in any market segment is not enough, especially in a fast-growing arena where the Department of Defense anticipates putting up hundreds of satellites f ...
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250+ Exhibiting Companies
45 Sessions
80+ Countries
CONFERENCE
Where the tough conversations happen–because tough conversations create change.
You'll hear from the leaders, legends and visionaries from:
- Defense & Civil Agencies
- U.S. Executive Government
- Prime Contractors & Defense Suppliers
- Spaceports & Launch Facilities
- Economic Development Groups
- International Organizations
- Innovative Start Ups
- Academic Institutions
The Stage that Industry Visionaries Call Home
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Conference Tracks & Topics
SPACE
EXPLORATION
- Moon, Mars, & beyond
- Cislunar exploration
- Lunar colonization
- Deep space travel
- Human space flight
ON-ORBIT
LOGISTICS
- Space Domain Awareness
- Low Earth Orbit
- Space debris (tracking, managing, remediating & mitigating)
- Satellite constellations
- On-orbit servicing & maneuvering
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
- Satellite systems
- Global sustainability
- Climate & weather
- Near & deep space exploration
- Space economy
COMMERCIAL SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE
- Ground infrastructure
- In-space infrastructure
- Hybrid architectures
- Spaceports
- Launch facilities
- Workforce
- Data & cybersecurity
EXPO
The only 3-day showcase with solutions for commercial, defense and spaceports–all in one place.
SpaceCom | Space Congress exclusively provides the innovations to ignite and expand your organization's capabilities.
NETWORKING
The best business & biggest deals happen at SpaceCom–we've got that covered.
Networking events during Commercial Space Week are not only abundant, they are designed to authentically connect you to the most influential commercial, defense, government & spaceport professionals.
Co-Located Conferences
Cross-sector collaboration is the fastest way to success–and that's exactly the purpose of Commercial Space Week.
The strategic co-location of 3 conference programs during Commercial Space Week provides a one-of-a-kind environment where the commercial, defense and spaceport communities navigate challenges & opportunities specific to their individual missions. And then collaborate, network, and build partnerships on the show floor and during networking events.
January 28, 2026
The Space Mobility Conference began in 2023 as a joint effort between SpaceCom, the United States Space Force & Space Systems Command.
The program will focus on current threats to our authority in the space domain, the criticality of the demand signal, and the complexities of acquiring commercially-produced solutions to support our modern-day warfighters.
January 27, 2026
GSA's Annual Summit is the single largest meeting in the world that brings together spaceports, spaceport service providers, and those requiring diversified launch facilities.
During the summit, participants will collaborate on navigating source funding, policy, spaceport design & construction, and more–with the ultimate mission of creating a globally viable spaceport network and how to do so as expeditiously as possible.
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