The US communications regulator voted on June 29 to close a 'legacy loophole', requiring carriers to remove older Huawei and ZTE infrastructure installed before 2019 that had been excluded from prior ban orders, with reimbursement funds proving insufficient to cover full replacement costs
Amazon's US-based low Earth orbit satellite constellation, authorized for 3,236 satellites in 2020, competing with SpaceX Starlink to deliver global broadband.
The progressive crowding of Earth's orbital shells, primarily low-Earth orbit, by satellites and debris, raising collision risk globally and threatening a shared orbital commons.
Orbiting debris from US, Chinese, Russian, and European launches crowds low Earth orbit shells, raising collision risk for active satellites and requiring new national and international removal standards.
The set of rules, tracking systems, and coordination processes governments use to manage orbital objects and prevent collisions, with no binding international regime in place.
SpaceX's US-based low-Earth-orbit satellite broadband constellation, the world's largest with 10,000 active satellites across 160 countries, at the center of LEO spectrum politics and congestion debates.
The first auction since the agency's authority lapsed clears 2GHz-band licences; up to 180MHz of upper C-band for 5G/6G is now teed up for 2027
Third-largest constellation, beta in five countries late 2026, but spectral priority demoted for slow build
Commerce expands space situational awareness as active-debris-removal market and ADR insurance emerge