US Government and Space | New Space Economy

Infographic outlining seven areas of U.S. government involvement in international space activities, including diplomacy, security cooperation, export controls, sanctions, investment review, spectrum and orbit coordination, and cross-cutting policy functions.

U.S. SPACE DIPLOMACY, TRADE, AND INTERNATIONAL CONTROLS

Infographic outlining the U.S. space industrial base, supply-chain layers, vulnerabilities, government participants, and measures for building a secure and resilient supply chain.

HOW DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURE THE SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE AND SUPPLY CHAIN?

Infographic explaining the different U.S. federal authorities responsible for launch and reentry, satellite communications, federal spectrum use, commercial remote sensing, civil space traffic coordination, and related environmental, wildlife, maritime, and waterway matters as of August 2026.

WHO REGULATES U.S. SPACE ACTIVITIES?

Infographic outlining U.S. government cislunar infrastructure, including technical layers, agency and partner responsibilities, an Earth-to-lunar-surface architecture chain, cross-cutting capabilities, and expected benefits.

HOW IS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BUILDING A CISLUNAR SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE?

Detailed infographic identifying federal departments, agencies, commands, laboratories, and oversight bodies involved in U.S. space policy, civil and military missions, intelligence, security, research, public services, international affairs, and regulation.

U.S. GOVERNMENT SPACE ECOSYSTEM

Infographic summarizing the U.S. space launch infrastructure ecosystem, including launch facilities, processing and storage systems, ranges, agencies, spaceport categories, major locations, the launch support sequence, and benefits such as safety, security, economic growth, innovation, and responsible space use.

HOW DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT SPACE LAUNCH INFRASTRUCTURE?

Infographic summarizing federal uses of commercially supplied satellite information, including agencies, data types, procurement models, benefits, limitations, and the progression from collection to mission and public-service outcomes.

HOW DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT USE COMMERCIAL SATELLITE DATA?

Infographic describes solar flares, coronal mass ejections, solar radiation storms, and geomagnetic storms; the roles of NOAA, NASA, NSF, and the U.S. Space Force; and effects on satellites, power grids, aviation, navigation, radio, and communications.

HOW DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT MONITOR SPACE WEATHER?

Infographic showing how U.S. government organizations and partners combine space-based infrared satellites, early-warning radars, forward-based sensors, and global networks to detect, track, characterize, and warn about missile threats.

HOW DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PROVIDE MISSILE WARNING AND MISSILE TRACKING FROM SPACE?

Infographic about satellite protection explains electronic warfare threats, effects on communications and navigation, defensive technologies, a continuous five-step response cycle, U.S. space-defense organizations, and the importance of resilient services.

HOW DOES THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DEFEND SATELLITES AGAINST JAMMING AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE?