SpaceNews

SpaceNews, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Washington, DC, is the space industry's leading trade publication and media company, providing authoritative news coverage, analysis, and data across commercial, civil, government, and military space activities for a global professional audience of industry executives, government officials, investors, and engineers.

The publication covers the full spectrum of the space sector: launch vehicle programs and manifest updates, satellite manufacturing contracts, government budget proposals and Congressional actions, regulatory proceedings at the FCC and international frequency coordination bodies, defense space programs and procurement, and the venture capital and M&A transactions shaping the industry. SpaceNews reporters cultivate Washington, DC government sources, industry executive relationships, and international correspondents to break news before it appears in mainstream financial media.

SpaceNews publishes a daily digital newsletter, a flagship magazine, and the annual SpaceNews Top 50 companies ranking — the industry's most-cited annual benchmark of revenue, market position, and strategic momentum across launch, satellite manufacturing, services, and government. The publication's Behind the Headlines podcast series and virtual events connect readers with executives from SpaceX, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Airbus, and emerging startups.

The publication organizes the annual SmallSat Symposium and contributes editorial programming to major industry conferences including Space Symposium, IAC, and SATELLITE. SpaceNews was acquired by Questex, a B2B media group, though it maintains editorial independence in its journalism. The publication competes with Aviation Week & Space Technology, Spaceflight Now, NASASpaceFlight, and Breaking Defense in the space trade media landscape, differentiating through financial and policy coverage depth targeting procurement decision-makers and investors.