Weekly Space Digest | Week 25, 2025

Hey, Romanian space pioneers and global cosmic visionaries! This weekly space news digest bulletin dives into our top five news picks from June 13–20, 2025, focusing on space law, policy, international law, technology, and science. We’re spotlighting what these mean for Romania’s stellar ambitions and future, with practical steps and partnerships that blend our local champs like ROSA, INCAS, COMOTI and Politehnica University with global players like ESA and SpaceX. Each story comes with a Romania-specific takeaway, packed with actionable ideas for our vibrant space community.

Weekly Space Law Digest | June 23-28, 2025

We're witnessing a historic week for space this June 23-28, 2025, and in this digest we're diving into the top five news no one in our espace can miss. Each story comes with a Romania-specific takeaway, packed with actionable ideas for our vibrant space community.

Starlink's EPFD Tests in Romania

To counter GSO incumbents' wariness at WRC-27, envision a U.S.-Romania powerhouse duo pitching an ITU Article 15 sentinel: a real-time interference tracker for NGSO hordes like Starlink, blending telemetry dashboards, AI anomaly alerts, and phased EPFD hikes (from -160 to -100 dBW/m²/MHz). It's not babysitting orbits—it's the velvet glove ensuring equitable spectrum feasts, dodging €5M disputes while turbocharging 1-2 Gbps rural broadband. Phased pilots via FCC audits could test the waters, turning skeptics into spectrum sharers by 2030.

Lunar Law Unleashed - How Safety Zones and LOCC Redefine Space’s Future

This essay probes the legal complexities - jurisdictional conflicts, liability under the Liability Convention (1972), and dispute resolution - and practical hurdles - regulatory misalignment, compliance burdens, and operational risks - through a practitioner’s lens. It proposes a “de lege ferenda” solution: the Lunar Operations Compliance Consortium (LOCC), a market-driven framework complementing DARPA’s LOGIC initiative, using soft regulation to pave the way for future hard laws, ensuring lunar innovation thrives without chaos.

Roadmap for Romania’s First Dark-Sky Preserve

This white paper proposes Romania’s first dark-sky preserve (DSP), harnessing underdeveloped rural regions to ignite astro-tourism, economic growth, and scientific discovery. The proposed DSP leverages Romania’s untapped skies as a strategic EU asset. We detail benefits: €5–10M in tourism, >200 jobs, ecological preservation, and a narrative roadmap, blending EU funding and public-private models.

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