Satellite Export Controls Explained: ITAR, the EAR and Launching Abroad
Satellite export controls explained: how ITAR and the EAR split spacecraft, what counts as an export, rules for launching abroad and the…
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Commercial Space
The business of space seen through its contracts: launch services agreements, insurance, finance, export control and risk allocation.
Canadian Space Launch Act: What Bill C-28 Would Change for Rocket Launches
The Canadian Space Launch Act explained: how Bill C-28 would licence launches and re-entries, who carries liability, and why the bill is…
UK Space Law Explained: How the CAA Licenses Satellites and Launches, and What Changes on 1 December
UK space law explained: the Outer Space Act and Space Industry Act, CAA licences, liability caps, and the new liability tiers from…
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ISS Retirement in 2030: The Deorbit Plan and What Replaces It
NASA still plans to bring the ISS down at the end of 2030, using a $843 million SpaceX deorbit vehicle it will own. But a Senate…
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Cross Waivers, MPL and Indemnification: How Launch Contracts Allocate Catastrophe
Everyone bears their own losses regardless of fault. Above that sit three tiers of third party protection, one of which has never actually been funded.
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Space Insurance Explained: How a $650 Million Market Prices Risk in Orbit
One bad year in 2023 wiped out several good ones and pushed the five year margin negative for the first time since 2001. What that means…
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How ITU Filings Decide Who Gets Spectrum and Orbital Slots
Orbital positions are not owned, they are recorded. Here is the filing chain, the seven year bringing into use deadline, and the milestone rule that shrinks…