Laura Cummings

Space law 🚀 dreaming & designing commercial space regs; J.D. from @GeorgetownLaw; BAs in Astronomy & IAFS from @CUBoulder (all views expressed are my own)

[Laura Cummings @SpatialistAtLaw]

@almuazcarate Location?

[Pierre Lionnet @LionnetPierre]

As shown in this FAA forecast, in 2015 nobody saw Starlink coming. Fun fact: the FAA didn't see Oneweb coming either, although it was announced in 2012. Forecasts are like astrology to me: a matter of irrational belief.
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[Laura Cummings @SpatialistAtLaw]

https://t.co/eAE0qjxU0I

[Laura Cummings @SpatialistAtLaw]

@crisveijk @JoshEIngersoll @solarrsystem @JessicaWestPhD @tanjamasson @CassandraSteer @RueyAstra @JoanneWheeler2 @VSamson_DC @DrSHenderson1 @mdezwart @anulikesstars @PerpetuaAdar @nat_geo_theory @CaitStorr @erikanesvold @CiaraFinnegan3 @CelestialCitzn @EPobjie “International Space Law & Space Law of the United States” by Caryn Schenewerk and Steve Mirmina! @almuazcarate, @RElyafaoui and I all helped as RAs

[HEO @heospace]

This is a prime example of a successful solar panel deployment! Congrats on the launch @SpaceX.

Our space-based sensors captured a newly launched Starlink V2 Mini satellite 7 days after deployment.

Powered by @Satellogic

[NWS Boulder @NWSBoulder]

Good catch! When planes fly through clouds with supercooled water droplets (still liquid at below freezing temperatures), they can cause ice crystals to form. These crystals can then grow and fall out as snowflakes. #cowx 1/2

[Laura Cummings @SpatialistAtLaw]

Creating an “active asteroid,” anyone? https://t.co/QyjJCW0gvJ

[Laura Cummings @SpatialistAtLaw]

@mouthofmorrison any particular level you’re looking for? my intern @Cody14151327 is fantastic and will be graduating soon!

[NASA Goddard @NASAGoddard]

.@NASASCaN is infusing laser communications systems into missions to send terabytes of data – pictures and videos – to Earth and increase our knowledge of the universe. See what @NASALaserComm accomplished in 2022 and what's ahead in coming years:

https://t.co/KrGW5h2JXy

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

Hubble
Saturn : Moons in Transit
Credit: NASA

[SpaceRef @SpaceRef]

Communications System Achieves Fastest Laser Link From Space Yet https://t.co/SVHf4b5NbR #spacecommerce

[Laura Cummings @SpatialistAtLaw]

SKA: Construction to begin on world's biggest telescope https://t.co/ySb5CFx5D0

[Laura Cummings @SpatialistAtLaw]

@cowboybarela @buildingMadrid may or may not have seen it ~5 times in theaters

[David Hitt @davidhitt]

After the retirement of Shuttle, a lot of people thought American human spaceflight was over. (Despite our presence on ISS.)

I told them to be patient — the day was coming when we’d have not one crewed US space vehicle but *an American space fleet.*

That day has come. #Artemis

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

The surface of the asteroid Ryugu taken by the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa-2
More :https://t.co/5FjAmrW0u0

[Laura Cummings @SpatialistAtLaw]

Interested in the Astroscale U.S. inputs to the FCC NOI on In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing? We present to you an easily-consumable thread!

I may have led drafting, but extraordinary credit goes to my many brilliant colleagues for their time and support.

[Astroscale U.S. @Astroscale_US]

🧵 Astroscale U.S. is never one to back down from a challenge. In September, the @FCC - being responsive to the needs of a growing satellite ecosystem - gave us a new challenge: tell them how to best facilitate capabilities for in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing.

[Laura Cummings @SpatialistAtLaw]

A nice refresher on the text of the OST….

[Christopher Johnson @ChrisJohnsonEsq]

It is a continual source of irritation when basic principles of #SpaceLaw are misstated. The treaty language addresses the *activity* of exploration and use, and does not discuss the physical *domain* of outer space itself. https://t.co/LrmADPxb2l @NLatUN @DutchMFA

[Laura Cummings @SpatialistAtLaw]

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[Laura Cummings @SpatialistAtLaw]

I’m excited to speak on Avoiding Pitfalls in the Servicing Regulatory Framework this Wednesday at #GSSF22, the year’s premier in-space servicing event. Join us! https://t.co/yIY85hwFdc  #satelliteservicing @_CONFERS @northropgrumman @Astroscale_US @aegistradelaw @AtomosSpace

[Astroscale U.S. @Astroscale_US]

🧵 Happy Monday! In the mood for a thread? On Thursday, the @FCC voted 4-0 to adopt a historic new #orbitaldebris mitigation rule. Broadly, the rule requires operators with spacecraft in LEO to perform post-mission disposal in 5 years, as opposed to the current 25-year rule. 1/