Government inertia a problem for small satellite industry

The U.S. government has not embraced the small satellite movement as quickly as previously hoped. That is the takeaway message from analysts and industry advocates who spoke last week at a Space Foundation event on Capitol Hill titled “The SmallSat Revolution.” Small satellites have been hailed as a game changer in the space industry, but the government’s slower than anticipated adoption of smallsat technology has been a disappointment for many companies. More

(Source: SpaceNews - Nov 20)