Issues & Advocacy

With more than 15,000 active satellites currently in orbit — a number expected to grow significantly in the coming decade — the Commercial Space Federation outlines four recommendations to strengthen spaceflight safety across the global space community. The paper calls for spacecraft operators to maintain accessible points of contact and share critical operational data to […]

The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) applauds the Administration’s updated National Space Transportation Policy, released August 20, 2026, which adopts several recommendations CSF has long advocated for — including integrating space launch and reentry into air traffic control modernization, designating priority launch-corridor airspace, improving scheduling transparency at federal ranges, identifying new reentry sites, securing spectrum access,

The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) strongly supports H.R. 8959/S. 4750, the Semiconductor Superiority Act, which clarifies that the existing Section 48D Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit applies to semiconductor manufacturing facilities in low Earth orbit. With terrestrial chip fabrication approaching the physical limits of gravity and China already pursuing orbital fabrication aboard Tiangong, CSF urges the

The Commercial Space Federation (CSF) expresses support for S. 4570, the U.S. Tech PATH Act, framing it as a tool to counter China’s growing use of space and telecommunications infrastructure as leverage abroad by creating an accessible pathway for partner governments to procure trusted U.S. capabilities, with CSF particularly praising the bill’s demand-driven approach and