SpaceNews

{{short description|American magazine and website}}

{{about|the publication|the daily news segment on Canadian television station Space|Innerspace (TV series)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| logo = Space News logo.png

| image = SpaceNews.com screenshot (2024-12-05).webp

| image_alt = Screenshot of SpaceNews.com showing various content

| caption = Screenshot of the website in December 2024

| name = SpaceNews

| type = Publication (news)

| chiefeditor = Brian Berger

| foundation = 1989

| language = English

| publishing_country = USA

| headquarters =Alexandria, Virginia

| owner = Pocket Ventures, LLC.

| website = {{URL|spacenews.com}}

| ISSN = 1046-6940

}}

SpaceNews is a print and digital publication that covers business and political news in the space and satellite industry. SpaceNews provides news, commentary and analysis to an audience of government officials, politicians and executives within the space industry.{{cite web|title=SpaceNews|url=http://www.spacenews.com|website=SpaceNews|access-date=13 June 2014}} SpaceNews details topics in civil, military and space and the satellite communications business.{{cite web|title=Pocket Ventures acquires Space News|url=http://www.steelpointcp.com/pocket-ventures-acquires-space-news/|website=Steelpoint Capital Partners LP|access-date=24 June 2014}}

SpaceNews covers important news in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America from NASA, the European Space Agency, and private spaceflight firms such as Arianespace, International Launch Services, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance. The magazine regularly features profiles on relevant and important figures within the space industry. These profiles have featured numerous government leaders, corporate executives and other knowledgeable space experts, including NASA administrators Richard Truly, Daniel Goldin, Sean O’Keefe, Michael Griffin and Charles Boldin.{{cite web|title=Schafer Featured In SpaceNews|url=http://www.schafercorp.com/schafer-featured-spacenews/|website=Schafer Corp|access-date=16 June 2014|date=2014-06-10}}{{cite web|title=Space News: Profile {{!}} U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, Member, House Appropriations commerce, justice, science subcommittee|url=http://schiff.house.gov/articles-opeds/space-news-profile-us-rep-adam-schiff-member-house-appropriations-commerce-justice-science-subcommittee/|website=Congressman Adam Schiff|access-date=16 June 2014}}

Founded in 1989, SpaceNews publishes its flagship magazine 12 times per year.{{cite web |title=About SpaceNews |url=https://spacenews.com/about/ |access-date=13 Oct 2022 |website=SpaceNews}} Brian Berger, a journalist who joined SpaceNews in 1998 to cover NASA and reusable launch vehicles, was named editor-in-chief in January 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://spacenews.com/author/brian-berger/|title=Brian Berger, Author at SpaceNews.com|website=SpaceNews.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-16}}

SpaceNews produces and publishes several electronic newsletters, including First Up, First Up Satcom, SN Military.Space and SpaceNews This Week.{{Cite news|url=http://spacenews.com/Newsletters/|title=SpaceNews Newsletters - SpaceNews.com|work=SpaceNews.com|access-date=2018-03-16|language=en-US}}

SpaceNews produces the official show daily of the Space Symposium,{{Cite news|url=http://spacenews.com/spacenews-to-produce-official-and-only-show-dailies-for-33rd-space-symposium/|title=SpaceNews to produce official — and only — Show Dailies for 33rd Space Symposium - SpaceNews.com|date=2017-03-14|work=SpaceNews.com|access-date=2018-03-16|language=en-US}} a civil, military and commercial space conference the Space Foundation holds annually in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The show daily is a tabloid-size print publication distributed to attendees during the conference. In 2018, SpaceNews began producing a print show daily for AIAA and Utah State University's Conference on Small Satellites,{{Cite news|url=https://spacenews.com/download-the-spacenews-smallsat-show-dailies/|title=Download all three days of the SpaceNews SmallSat show dailies|publisher=SpaceNews|first=Brian|last=Berger|date=2018-08-08|access-date=2019-01-15}} held each August on the campus of Utah State University in Logan, Utah.

SpaceNews was originally owned by the Army Times Publishing Company, which was acquired by Gannett in 1997.{{Cite web|title=Gannett Announces Preliminary Agreement to Acquire Army Times Publishing Co.|work=TEGNA|access-date=1 September 2018|date=13 June 1997|url=http://www.tegna.com/gannett-announces-preliminary-agreement-to-acquire-army-times-publishing-co/}} In 2000, Space.com (later renamed Imaginova) acquired SpaceNews from Gannett.{{Cite web| title = GANNETT ACQUIRES EQUITY STAKE IN SPACE.com – Editor & Publisher|access-date=1 September 2018|url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/gannett-acquires-equity-stake-in-space-com/}} SpaceNews is currently owned by Pocket Ventures, LLC., which acquired the publication from Imaginova in June 2012.{{cite news|last1=Mickey|first1=Bill|title=Pocket Ventures Buys Weekly Magazine Space News|url=http://www.foliomag.com/2012/pocket-ventures-buys-weekly-magazine-space-news#.U5c-cyjrzd4|access-date=13 June 2014|agency=Folio|date=9 August 2012}}{{cite web|last1=Wallace|first1=Alicia|title=Boulder-based Pocket Ventures Acquires Space News|url=http://www.dailycamera.com/business_old/ci_21006083/boulder-based-pocket-ventures-acquires-space-news|website=Daily Camera|date=4 July 2012 |access-date=24 June 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Potter|first1=Beth|title=Investors pocket space-news publication|url=http://www.bcbr.com/article/20120705/NEWS/120709990/-1/events|website=Boulder County Business Report|access-date=24 June 2014}}