{"id":245516,"date":"2025-11-05T15:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/245516\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T15:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:24:09","slug":"us-slams-eus-proposed-space-law-as-unacceptable-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/245516\/","title":{"rendered":"US slams EU\u2019s proposed space law as \u2018unacceptable\u2019 \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/eu-space-junk-satellite-starlink-low-earth-orbit-waste-debris-pollution\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proposed<\/a> the law in June in an attempt to dial up regulatory oversight of satellite operators \u2014 including requiring them to tackle their impact on space debris and pollution, or face significant fines. <\/p>\n<p>There are more than 10,000 satellites now in orbit as companies such as Elon Musk\u2019s Starlink have increasingly ventured into low-Earth orbit, from where stronger telecommunication connections can be established but which requires more satellites to ensure full coverage.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation does \u201cnot take into account that space operations are still relatively new and novel, and as such, are not yet ripe for strict regulation,\u201d the U.S. said, even arguing that goes against the spirit of the trade agreement between the EU and U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/eu-frame-work-trade-deal-us-donald-trump-agreement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">agreed in August<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cybersecurity provisions in the proposal are also under attack. The legislation proposes an \u201cunbalanced approach,\u201d the U.S. argued, saying a shortsighted approach could threaten technological advancement in space.<\/p>\n<p>European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said in a statement that the law creates \u201ca real single market for space&#8221; and cuts red tape. The law would reduce administrative burden by coordinating requirements across the bloc and would also make space companies more reliable, Regnier said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The EU proposed the law in June in an attempt to dial up regulatory oversight of satellite operators&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[2980,2453,4892,306,29672,12989,90,416,2366,56,54,158,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-245516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-companies","9":"tag-innovation","10":"tag-pollution","11":"tag-regulation","12":"tag-regulatory","13":"tag-satellites","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-space","16":"tag-trade-agreements","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}