Glavkosmos Soyuz smallsat launch
An artists's rendering of the Soyuz upper stage set ti deploy 72 small satellites during a July 14 mission. Credit: Glavkosmos

LOGAN, Utah — A proposed standard announced at a conference last week seeks to provide the same launch flexibility for larger smallsats currently enjoyed by cubesats.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...