Not affiliated with NASA. The slinews.com domain was previously operated by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center as the public-information site for the agency’s Space Launch Initiative (SLI) program (~2001–2005). The current editorial publication is a separate commercial publication that acquired the lapsed domain in 2026; it is not authorized to speak for NASA, NASA Marshall, the former SLI program, or any United States government agency. See “A Note on the Domain” below for the full disclosure.
Space Launch Industry is an editorial resource focused on the business and technology of getting to orbit — and what happens once you’re there.
We cover the full scope of the modern space launch sector: the rockets, the policies, the satellite networks, the commercial operators, and the engineering advances that are making space more accessible than at any point in history. Our editorial focus spans orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, space transportation policy, commercial spaceflight ventures, satellite infrastructure, lunar and deep-space exploration programs, and the propulsion and systems technology underlying all of it.
The site draws on publicly available data, regulatory filings, program documentation, and industry reporting. We do not represent any launch provider, government agency, or commercial space company. Our goal is straightforward: accurate, technically grounded coverage of an industry that is moving faster than most media can keep up with.
What We Cover
- Launch Vehicles — Orbital and suborbital rockets, vehicle development programs, reusability technology, and launch manifest analysis
- Commercial Space Policy — FAA licensing, FCC spectrum, international launch frameworks, and the regulatory environment shaping commercial access to space
- Satellite Infrastructure — Broadband constellations, Earth observation networks, GEO and LEO dynamics, and the economics of satellite operations
- Space Economy — Investment trends, commercial contracts, launch pricing, and the business models emerging across the sector
- Exploration Programs — Lunar and deep-space missions, government-commercial partnerships, and the infrastructure required for beyond-LEO operations
About the Editorial Team
Articles are published under the collective byline “The editors of Space Launch Industry.” This site does not name individual authors. The editorial team comprises aerospace-industry writers with backgrounds in aerospace engineering, science journalism, and space policy. We attribute work to the publication rather than to individuals because the site is intended as a long-term editorial reference rather than a personal-byline platform.
A Note on the Domain
Space Launch Industry is not affiliated with NASA, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA’s former Space Launch Initiative (SLI) program, or any United States government agency.
The slinews.com domain was previously operated by NASA Marshall Space Flight Center as the public-information site for the agency’s Space Launch Initiative (SLI) program (approximately 2001–2005, managed by Marshall Media Relations). When the program ended and the domain lapsed, it was acquired in 2026 by an independent commercial editorial team — that is the publication you are reading now. We share the “SLI” acronym with the former NASA program; we are acknowledging that overlap transparently rather than pretending it does not exist.
A small number of legacy URLs from the NASA-era site pattern (e.g., /ospanim.html, /partners-commercial.html) are preserved on this site as noindex editorial stubs to retain backlink continuity from the NASA-era publication. The content on those stub pages is original to the current editorial team — no NASA SLI program content, animations, contractor lists, or technical documents from the prior site appear anywhere on the current publication. The original NASA materials remain available at NASA’s Technical Reports Server (NTRS) and via the Internet Archive.
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