As lunar exploration expands, governments and commercial operators are developing shared, interoperable communications, navigation and infrastructure networks to support future missions and strengthen international cooperation.
The Decision Layer explores how senior technology leaders approach the responsibilities that come with executive‑level oversight and how they frame the decisions that move a space organization forward. With this first installment, we’re opening a dialogue that brings these innovation‑shaping perspectives into focus. In this installment, we speak with Brad Bode, ATLAS Space Operations’ chief technology officer and co-founder – and the mind behind much of the company’s ground system innovation.
Al Tadros of Redwire discusses why orbital data centers are quickly becoming a realistic architectural possibility, what’s driving that shift, the engineering challenges we still need to solve and how autonomous operations are redefining the future of space infrastructure.
Dr. David Voss of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center explores why mission architectures matter, how resilience is truly achieved in real-world operations, and what becomes possible as the space community advances toward a more connected, interoperable future.
Edge AI offers telecom operators a renewed opportunity to capitalize on edge computing by combining AI infrastructure with their network assets to deliver low-latency, scalable and secure enterprise services.
Amazon Leo remains on track to launch initial broadband service this year despite launch delays that have left hundreds of its 1,000 completed satellites awaiting deployment.
North Korea’s “Contagious Interview” cyber campaign exploits fake job opportunities and malicious coding assignments to steal sensitive information, exposing potential cybersecurity risks across the space and defense sectors.
As the space industry enters its next phase of growth, scaling infrastructure and services will depend increasingly on interoperability to integrate systems, strengthen supply chains and meet rising commercial and defense demand.
Earth observation is evolving from episodic imagery into an always-on intelligence layer, as persistent monitoring, multi-sensor fusion, commercial partnerships and AI-driven processing reshape how governments turn orbital data into actionable awareness.
World Space Business Week highlighted how interoperability, mission-wide resilience, sovereign control and AI are becoming critical to operating securely in an increasingly complex and contested space environment.
How very low Earth orbit’s extreme drag, atmospheric variability and unique operating conditions are reshaping spacecraft design while opening new opportunities for sensing, imaging and communications.
Britain’s new space strategy aims to strengthen sovereign capabilities, defense resilience and commercial growth while confronting gaps in launch, PNT, government expertise and its continued dependence on international partners.
The commercial space sector faces an escalating talent crunch for experienced, flight-proven engineers, forcing satellite and aerospace companies to rethink compensation, recruit from adjacent tech sectors and invest in internal training.
Orion Space Solutions’ Chad Fish explains the real constraints, sensing challenges, and operational shifts that define modern VLEO missions – and what teams discover only when they start designing this low.
Kat Hickey and Federico Trovarelli of Novaspace explore how orbital sustainability is evolving from an environmental concern into a business imperative shaping investment, regulation, spacecraft design and operations.
Live from the show floor of Smallsat, Constellations is joined by Jonas Åslund and Viktor Pankov of SSC Space, who dive into one of the most important shifts happening across the sector: the emergence of a new space infrastructure built on global ground networks.
