The Online Journal of Space Communication is a cross-disciplinary scholarly publication designed to advance space communication as a profession and as an academic discipline.

The Journal is distributed electronically without charge to users on a global basis. On average, two new editions to the Journal are released each year. Individual issues provide in-depth examination of matters of importance to satellite and space communication in terms of:

• Education and Manpower Development
• Innovation and Technology
• Economy and Business Development
• Services and Applications
• Regulation and Public Policy
• Social Impact
• Regional Development

The Journal's goal is to be a credible record and repository for developments of public significance in satellite and space communication, and to promote critical analysis of those developments. Each Journal issue is designed to make complex historical, technical, economic, regulatory and social issues more accessible and understandable. All articles are peer-reviewed with ancillary materials and historical perspectives included to stimulate discussion and set a future agenda.

An Indiegogo campaign (May 3- July 23, 2013) has been initiated by the Space Journal to raise $110,000 in development and prize money to facilitate the re-launch of its SunSat Design Competition at the International Space Development Conference May 23-27 in San Diego.

The international Competition is intended to accelerate the design, manufacture, launch and operation of the next-generation satellites (SunSats) that will collect energy in space and deliver it to earth as a clean and abundant source of electrical power.

The Competition is sponsored by the National Space Society, the Society of Satellite Professionals International and the Online Journal of Space Communication. The Competition is managed by the Game Research in Immersive Design Laboratory (GRID Lab) at Ohio University.

With the mentoring of space scientists and engineers, Ohio University students working within the GRID Lab have already produced several creative visualizations of Space Solar Power now published in this Journal in Issue No.17.

The Space Journal announces the launch of its SunSat Design Competition 2013-2015. Registration is now open.

To facilitate the Competition, the Journal has commissioned several illustrative designs that are presumed to be scientifically sound, plausibly workable and commercially viable. These are in the process of being published under Issue No.17: Visualizations of Space Solar Power.