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If an astronaut crew suffers a catastrophic life-support failure in low-Earth orbit today, no global authority possesses the centralized legal mandate—or the structural obligation—to execute an emergency rescue mission. This […]
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"Dual-use" was supposed to unlock procurement. On Day 3 of SmallSat Europe 2026 it got taken apart by the operators it was meant to help — Alam (Luxembourg), Gleason (Aerospace Corporation), Villemos (Leanspace), and Black (RAND Europe) — arguing the label routes funding and strips legal sanctuary at the same time.
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Day 1 of SmallSat Europe 2026 left the sovereignty debate where European procurement had left it: four definitions chasing one budget line. Day 3 produced three working answers — Spain's capability-ownership stack, Poland's portfolio diversification, and the on-orbit servicing panel's commercial veto.
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The United States is advancing its tactical low-Earth orbit (LEO) capabilities with active deployments, while European counterparts are still in the prototyping stage. This divergence creates a significant timeline mismatch. Without a designated NATO authority to mandate interoperability standards, the alliance faces a critical decision on how to ensure a cohesive space-based defense architecture before the 2026 budget cycle.
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Jorge Ciccorossi, Head of the ITU's Space Strategy and Sustainability Division, has represented the Bureau at every World Radiocommunication Conference since 2003. At SmallSat Europe, he delivers a solo Market Brief on preparing European priorities for WRC-27.
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan co-authored the textbook on space law, advises the Dutch government, and arbitrates space disputes at The Hague. At SmallSat Europe, she joins a panel debating whether the EU Space Act strengthens the European space sector or insulates it from global competition.
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The rapid democratization of orbital access, driven by the modular CubeSat standard, has fundamentally altered the power dynamics within the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space […]
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Poland's space sector posted its first profitable year in January 2026. Col. Marcin Mazur, VP of the Polish Space Agency, takes the SmallSat Europe stage to explain how policy becomes procurement.
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By Evan Grey Legal Contributor, SatNews For a quarter of a century, the International Space Station (ISS) has served as a true monument to post-Cold War optimism: an orbital sanctuary where geopolitical […]
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Operation Epic Fury tests the Law of Armed Conflict in space. How MizarVision's proxy ISR imagery — sourced from U.S. satellites — is straining the legal definitions of combatant, civilian object, and Direct Participation in Hostilities.
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