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Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | May 16, 2025

It’s been a busy couple of weeks on Capitol Hill with at least half a dozen space-related hearings, the introduction of a bill that would modernize human spaceflight infrastructure at Johnson Space Center and another that...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | May 2, 2025

Good Afternoon! It’s been a busy couple of weeks in space and space policy. President Trump proposed a $6 billion cut to NASA's budget and a $1 trillion defense budget, the nominee to lead NASA is moving to the full Senate...more

DLA Piper

Interstellar Insights - March 2025

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Congress is prioritizing new legislation to authorize NASA and support commercial space activities. The proposed bills aim to maintain a vibrant commercial space sector by streamlining licensing regulations and ensuring that...more

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Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | March 7, 2025

Good Afternoon! It was a busy couple of weeks on the Moon! Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost became the second commercial spacecraft to successfully land on the Moon. It later achieved another first by successfully acquiring and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update | February 21, 2025

Good Afternoon! Though space policy hasn’t dominated recent headlines, plenty has happened over the past two weeks: The House Science committee outlined its space priorities and requested GAO review of FAA launch rules,...more

Morgan Lewis

Texas Soars into the Future: Driving Innovation and Growth in the Space Industry

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With the establishment of the Texas Space Commission in 2024 through House Bill 3447 and rapid innovations toward space commercialization by industry-leading companies, NASA, and institutions of higher education in the state,...more

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Breaking New Ground in Optical Communications!

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In 2023, NASA achieved a massive leap in data transmission — 200 gigabits per second using laser technology from space! Optical communications are rapidly transforming how we share data....more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - December 2024 - Out of This World! Proposed New Regulations on Space and Spacecraft

On October 23, 2024, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls published proposed changes to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) affecting exports of spacecraft and launch vehicles and related activities. ...more

Cozen O'Connor

Whistleblower Watch - A quarterly update on FCA Enforcement and Qui Tam Litigation

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Whistleblower Watch is a critical resource for in-house counsel and compliance professionals. Each quarter, Cozen O’Connor summarizes the most notable False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement actions, settlements, and legal trends,...more

Wiley Rein LLP

FCC’s Space Bureau Seeks to Refresh the Record on Orbital Debris Mitigation and Space Sustainability

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On May 2, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Space Bureau issued a Public Notice seeking to refresh the record on orbital debris mitigation rule changes originally proposed in a Further Notice of Proposed...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update - April 2024

Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s biweekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update - April 2024 #2

Good Afternoon! This is Akin’s biweekly policy newsletter on space policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major space headlines and forthcoming space-related events and hearings...more

King & Spalding

Anti-Satellite Tests and the Growing Demand for Space Debris Mitigation

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The threat of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons is once again front and center in the news, raising questions about norms for responsible state behavior in space. ASAT tests are used by countries to destroy or incapacitate...more

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Akin Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update - December 2023

We are excited to announce the next edition of Akin's Space Law, Regulation and Policy Update, our newsletter focused on global space policy. Each issue explores the emerging trends and regulations in space law and policy,...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Your Chance of Getting Hit by Space Junk Is Extremely Low… but Not Zero!

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Space insurance has actually existed since 1965, but it has undergone incredible growth in recent decades thanks in part to commercialization/privatization of efforts to launch satellites and other space objects. In 2021, the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Unraveling the UAP Enigma: Are Patents the Gateway to Alien Tech?

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Last month, Congress was essentially “abducted” by the testimony of Air Force veteran David Grusch. He boldly asserted that the government is playing a galactic game of hide and seek with unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP)...more

Hogan Lovells

Novel space capabilities, authorization, and supervision (Part 2)

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The U.S. National Space Council (NSC) hosted a second listening session on in-space authorization and supervision policy on November 21, 2022.  In this session, NSC encouraged participants to discuss how the U.S. government...more

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Novel space capabilities, authorization, and supervision (Part 1)

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On November 14, 2022, the U.S. National Space Council (NSC) hosted the first of two listening sessions on in-space authorization and supervision policy.  In this listening session, NSC encouraged participants to share...more

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Innovations in Space: Space mining

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A Series on Innovation and Space During this next installment of the Innovations in Space series, our team provides an overview of space mining and the extraction of natural resources in outer space. Space mining and the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Allen Chen (transcript)

Our “Innovation Conversations” series continues with Allen Chen, the Mars 2020 Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Sterne Kessler Director Trey Powers interviewed Allen about several...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

[IP Hot Topics Podcast] Innovation Conversations: Allen Chen

Our “Innovation Conversations” series continues with Allen Chen, the Mars 2020 Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Lead at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Sterne Kessler Director Trey Powers interviewed Allen about several...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 2.23.2021 | Top Story: SoftBank Nears Deal With WeWork’s Neumann for $500M Share Purchase

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Ousted eccentric WeWork co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann is reportedly closing in on a deal with SoftBank that would shave about $500 million (roughly half) off the total Masa Son would pay to buy Neumann’s shares. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Federal Support for Defense Uses of Advanced Nuclear

Summary of the EO - On January 12, 2021, former President Trump issued an EO on Promoting Small Modular Reactors for National Defense and Space Exploration. The EO directs the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of...more

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Election 2020 Snapshot: Helping our aerospace and defense clients make sense of the U.S. election results

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Election 2020 Snapshot: Helping our aerospace and defense (A&D) clients make sense of the U.S. election - The election of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States likely will result in significant shifts in U.S....more

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NIA “In Search of a SpaceX for Nuclear” Talk on the Hill

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On Wednesday Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) hosted a meeting on the Hill about how to enhance the development of nuclear energy by finding its “SpaceX” moment.  The meeting relates to NIA’s new publication, In Seach of a...more

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