Law & Policy Issues in the New Orbital Economy
April 12, 2023
As private industry takes the lead in the use of Earth’s orbits, entirely new sectors of the orbital economy are emerging. The coming years will see the development of private space stations, on-orbit repair and refueling, orbital tourism, and an increasing number of megaconstellations.
On April 12, 2023 the Global Space Law Center held a symposium comprised of five moderated panels on the law and policy issues stemming from the orbital revolution.
Please see the timestamps below to view the panel of your interest.
Introduction and Opening Remarks (00:00)
Lee Fisher, Dean of Cleveland State University College of Law
Prof. Mark J. Sundahl, Director of the Global Space Law Center
Panel 1: Space Traffic Management (15:00)
Gary Dreyzin, Department of Commerce, Office of Space Commerce
Jennifer A. Manner, Echostar USA
Dr. Antonino Salmeri, Lunar Policy Platform
Dr. Brian Weeden, Secure World Foundation
Panel 2: Orbital Human Spaceflight & Private Space Stations (1:05:38)
Dr. George Nield, Commercial Space Technologies LLC
Jessica Noble, Nanoracks LLC
Marcia Smith, SpacePolicyOnline.com
Gabriel Swiney, NASA
Prof. Dr. Frans von der Dunk, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Panel 3: Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (2:02:33)
Mike Gold, Redwire
Sagi Kfir, Independent Counsel
Ryan Noble, Hawkeye 360
Mike Wall, Space.com
Panel 4: Orbital Debris, ASAT Tests & Decommissioning Satellites (2:47:49)
Chris Johnson, Secure World Foundation
Caryn Schenewerk, Relativity Space
Charity Weeden, Astroscale U.S.
Major Jeremy Grunert, United States Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps
Panel 5: Liability, Insurance & Dispute Resolution (3:35:58)
Andrea Harrington, Air University
Chris Hearsey, Space Court Foundation
Chris Kunstadter, XL Insurance
Laura Zielinski, Holland & Knight