# The Administration Cleared the Legal Path. Now It Is Gutting the Program.

- slug: the-administration-cleared-the-legal-path-now-it-is-gutting-the-program
- date: 2026-04-22
- category: Space & Aerospace

The White House first rewrote the law so space traffic data could be sold instead of given away free. Then it proposed an 83% budget cut to the office that generates it. The gap will be filled by SpaceX, which already sees where every Starlink satellite is moving.

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