HPA Congratulates NASA on GeoCARB Hosted Payload 12/15/2016 NASA recently announced that its Geostationary Carbon Cycle Observatory (GeoCARB) will launch as a hosted payload on a commercial satellite. The Hosted Payload Alliance congratulates NASA on this innovative new mission and applauds its decision to incorporate commercial space in its portfolio thinking.
Industry Frustrated with Slow Adoption of Hosted Payloads 03/21/2016 A panel held on March 7 at Satellite 2016 questioned government resistence to the implementation of hosted payload programs. Despite offering a litany of benefits, including reduced costs and added resiliency, hosted payloads face obstacles in the federal government which are rooted, said Earl White, "in an unwillingness to change." The panel included HPA Chair Al Tadros and other hosted payload experts representing both government and industry. Read the article in SpaceNews.