July
- European Commission proposes the co-creation of transition pathways for different industrial ecosystems, including for the aerospace and defence industrial ecosystem
- European Commission approves Strategy on Web 4.0 and virtual worlds
- EU Regulation establishes list of essential services under the CER Directive, covering space
- EU-Latin America and Caribbean Joint Declaration on a Digital Alliance is published, covering also space
- ESA and GSMA sign memorandum of intent on new communications innovation partnership
- EUSPA and UNOOSA launch new report on EU Space contribution to the Space2030 Agenda
- UK publishes National Space Strategy in Action
- UK issues report The Case for Space
- UK Space Agency publishes the Space Exploration Technology Roadmap
- US FAA launches Human Spaceflight Rulemaking Committee
- US House of Representatives rejects satellite spectrum licensing bill
- Ghana approves National Space Policy
- Côte d’Ivoire announces plans to launch its first satellite for EO
- New Zealand approves the Aotearoa New Zealand Aerospace Strategy
- Argentina signs the Artemis Accords
- Venezuela joins China’s Lunar Research Station project
August
- European Union commits not to conduct destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tests
- European Commission signs a new contribution agreement with the European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) for the implementation of the Copernicus Security Service component
- Portuguese Space Agency joins European Space Policy Institute (ESPI)
- UK Space Agency announces the recipients to receive the first phase of its £20 million International Bilateral Fund investments
- India lands on the surface of the Moon
- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) publishes an assessment about the Current Space Situation around the Moon
- Azerbaijan adopts a Law on Space Activities
September
- European Commission issues State of the Union 2023 Letter of Intent
- European Commission presents a targeted consultation about the EU legislative initiative on safety, resilience and sustainability of space activities (EU Space Law)
- European Commission and ESA sign contribution agreement under the Union Secure Connectivity Programme
- European Commission and the UK Government release a Joint Statement on the UK's association to Horizon Europe and Copernicus
- European Economic and Social Committee issues Opinion on the EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence
- European Commission and Portugal inaugurate supercomputer in Portugal
- European Commission proposes Council Recommendation for a Critical Infrastructure Blueprint
- Portugal issues Order on civil liability insurance and liability for space operations
- Germany signs the Artemis Accords
- Germany adopts a new Space Strategy
- Spain signs agreement with ESA for the contracting and technical management of the country’s Atlantic Constellation
- UK Space Agency launches consultation on variable liability limits for orbital operations
- US Space Force announces release of guidelines for the use of commercial satellite services
- US DoD issues Space Policy Review and Strategy on Protection of Satellites
- UK launches £65 million funding call for space technologies and applications
- South Africa joins China’s International Lunar Research Station
- Uganda announces a satellite to aid military and security operations in the country
- India, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States (I2U2 Group) announce a new joint space venture
- China's military establishes new facility for space domain awareness
October
- European Commission Work Programme for 2024 is published
- European Commission launches consultation process with stakeholders aiming to deliver European Defence Industrial Strategy
- European Commission publishes Recommendation on critical technology areas for the EU's economic security for further risk assessment with Member States
- European Commission selects consortium to conduct feasibility study on the future of European Earth Observation
- European Union and African Union hold a Space Dialogue on cooperation in space
- EUSPA announces Cassini Challenges
- ESA and the African Space Exploration Society (ASES) sign a collaboration agreement to leverage space technology for socio-economic growth in Senegal
- UK Space Agency invites proposals for emerging and innovative technology research and development under its National Space Innovation Programme
- US issues Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
- US Space Force assesses priorities for modernising spaceports
- US and Australia sign agreement for US launches from Australia
- Senegal announces launch of first satellite in 2024
- Cameroon advances in the development of national space programme
- Kenya announces task force on AI
- India announces new space goals for 2035 and 2040
- Belarus, Pakistan and Azerbaijan join China’s Lunar Research Station project
November
- European Commission opens access to EU supercomputers to speed up AI development
- Council of the European Union approves conclusions on the EU Space Strategy for Security and Defence
- Council of the European Union agrees to UK participation in the Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes
- Council of the European Union authorises negotiations with the US for the launch of Galileo satellites from the US
- Council of the European Union and Parliament reach provisional agreement of Cyber Resilience Act
- Council of the European Union adopts Data Act
- ESA officially launches Zero Debris Charter
- ESA approves Green Dossier
- EUSPA launches first Secure SATCOM Market and User Technology Report
- ITU to assess cislunar communications regulations
- UK aims to join Portugal and Spain in Atlantic Constellation through Open Cosmos satellite
- Portugal Council of Ministers approves in generality amendments to National Space Law
- Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA) publishes Code of Conduct on Space Sustainability
- Norway officially opens Andøya spaceport
- Slovenia presents formal request for full membership of ESA
- Netherlands, Iceland and Bulgaria sign the Artemis Accords
- US Senate passes orbital debris removal bill
- US publishes Enterprise Artificial Intelligence Strategy
- Mozambique Spatial Data Infrastructure (IDEMOC) is created
- South Africa launches the AI Institute of South Africa (AIISA)
- Djibouti launches its first satellite into orbit
- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signs a Memorandum of Understanding with the Mauritian agency to design, assemble, integrate, test, launch and operate an Earth Observation satellite
