Some space industry executives have expressed concerns over the progress of NASA's plans to pursue commercial activities at the International Space Station after the Trump administration resumed efforts to return humans to the moon, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.

Techstars will select companies to take part in a three-month accelerator program jointly launched with Starburst to support space-based national security efforts, Politico reported Friday.

Maxar Technologies’ Space Systems Loral business has begun developing standards to streamline operations between non-terrestrial networks, ground terminals and wireless networks via millimeter wave frequencies in preparation for 5G impelmentation.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has tapped Praxis to oversee mission planning for the Robotic Servicing for Geosynchronous Satellites program following Maxar Technologies’ departure from the effort in January, Space News reported Sunday.

Paul Parry, director of aerospace engineering programs at Radiant Solutions, discussed how the company works to help ground systems improve image and data collection and downloading operations through the firm’s satellite modeling and simulation processes.

Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Betty Sapp, director of the National Reconnaissance Office, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for managing NRO’s operations and advancing space intelligence data. The latest honor represents the fourth Wash100 Award for Sapp in five years.

Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Tony Frazier, president of Radiant Solutions, as an inductee into the 2019 Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for leading Radiant Solutions' efforts to support government missions with emerging technology. This marks the fourth Wash100 award for Frazier.

Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Richard White, president of SSL Government Systems, will be inducted into the 2019 edition of the Wash100 — Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of the most influential voices in the government contracting arena — for his efforts to innovate spacecraft technology and revolutionize humanity’s exploration of space. This marks his first Wash100 honor.

Chris Incardona, a 25-year data analytics veteran in both the government and commercial sectors, has been named senior vice president of the public sector business at New York-based technology company Native.

Spaceflight will fly a microsatellite for the Air Force Research Laboratory via a rideshare service with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket as part of a mission to send a commercial communciations satellite built by Maxar Technologies’ SSL business into orbit, SpaceNews reported Friday.

Techstars and Starburst have launched a new accelerator program that seeks to help startups developing space-based technologies and other related platforms. Matt Kozlov, former head of the Cedars Sinai Accelerator, will serve as managing director of the Los Angeles-based Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator program, Techstars said Tuesday.

Chris Pogue, president of government division at Maxar Technologies’ MDA business, told MilsatMagazine in an interview that he oversees the operations and growth of defense, enterprise geospatial platforms, Earth observation systems and space robotics business lines as head of MDA Government. Pogue, who assumed his current role in June 2018, discussed how MDA meets the surveillance needs of warfighters and defense clients worldwide through unmanned aircraft systems.