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Space Law, Regulation And Policy Update | January 10, 2025

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It was quite the holiday season for space: the FCC rounded out the year with a great gift, allocating additional spectrum for commercial launch and reentry vessels, and the Parker Solar Probe's record-breaking solar flyby kept it toastier than a new pair of slippers.

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It was quite the holiday season for space: the FCC rounded out the year with a great gift, allocating additional spectrum for commercial launch and reentry vessels, and the Parker Solar Probe's record-breaking solar flyby kept it toastier than a new pair of slippers. But the holidays are over, and the new Congress has gotten down to business, electing a new speaker shuffling the leadership of several space and space-adjacent committees.

All this and more in this week's edition of Akin's Space Law, Regulation and Policy newsletter.

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