ICLE-New America LEO Satellite Policy Symposium Featured in Via Satellite
ICLE co-hosted the LEO Satellite Policy Symposium with New America’s Wireless Future on Nov. 13 in Washington, D.C., which was covered by Via Satellite. The event featured FCC Space Bureau Chief Jay Schwarz discussing regulatory inefficiencies in satellite policy and the geopolitical urgency of maintaining U.S. leadership in space innovation.
The head of the FCC’s Space Bureau said this week his framework for his space agenda is focused on removing inefficiencies from the system to keep the U.S. from slowing innovation and ceding ground to China in the second space race.
“The CCP [Chinese Communist Party] is aggressively pursuing space dominance. They want to beat us to the orbits. They’re developing new space warfare capabilities, and they want to offer nations around the world their own authoritarian-controlled internet from space,” Jay Schwarz said on Nov. 13 at the LEO Satellite Policy Symposium.
That geopolitical urgency and the promise of economic growth are driving the space agenda at the FCC, he added.
The event was hosted by New America and the International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE) in Washington and livestreamed. A Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) policy working group with members from New America and ICLE recently released a report with recommendations for policymakers.
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