Ms. Elina Morozova

Elina Morozova isan expert in international space law and policy, space law and policy inRussia, management of radio frequency spectrum and satellite orbits, and satellitetelecommunications. Ms. Morozova earned her LL.M in International Business Law(cum laude), at the University of Manchester in 2009, following her jurisprudence award atthe Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (also in 2009), and studyingcorporate law at the Academy of National Economy under the Government of theRussian Federation (2005).

Ms. Morozova is the ExecutiveDirector of the Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications,an intergovernmental satellite telecommunications organization established in1971 and headquartered in Moscow. Prior to her position as Executive Director,she was the Head of International and Legal Services. Ms. Morozova’s current dutiesinclude relations with the organization’s member-countries and nationalsignatories, support of the activity of the Board and the Operations Committeeas Intersputnik’s highest governing bodies, cooperation with the UN system,intergovernmental and nongovernmental industry-specific organizations, mattersrelated to the organization’s being headquartered in Moscow, and contacts withcompetent government authorities.

As of 2021, twenty-six states aremembers of Intersputnik. Intersputnik’s mission is to ensure cooperation andcoordination of efforts in the design, establishment, operation, anddevelopment of the international communications system via satellites. Its corebusiness is satellite telecommunications. Intersputnik is a full member of, orpermanent observer to, international and regional organizations, theirspecialized agencies, and national associations, including the UN Committee onthe Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, ITU Radiocommunication Sector, InternationalAstronautical Federation, Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications.Cooperation agreements are in force with other international satellitetelecommunications organizations.

Professional Affiliations

International Institute of Space Law, Member, Director

Member, Expert Committee of the Interparliamentary Assembly of theCommonwealth of Independent States and the Regional Commonwealth in the Fieldof Communications, Member

Working Group for the Revision of the Regulatory Instruments ofthe Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications, Deputy Head

Legal Council of For All Moonkind, Inc., Member

Core Expert, McGill Manual on International Law Applicable toMilitary Uses of Outer Space, Assistant Editor

Registration Project Working Group, Member

Editorial Board, Acta Astronautica, Member

Editorial Board, Annals of Air and Space Law, Member

Editorial Board, Space: Science & Technology, Member

Recent Publications in English

International Liability for Commercial Space Activities andRelated Issues of Debris (2021), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of PlanetaryScience

Perspective on US Space Resources Executive Order: Elina Morozovaon the Unappreciated Importance of the Moon Agreement (2020), SpaceWatch.Global

Disputes in Satellite Communications: Settlement Mechanisms AvailableforBreach of Coordination Agreements (2019), IAC 2019 Congress Proceedings

Russian Space Launch Program (2019), Handbook of Space Security

Limits Imposed by Outer Space Law on Military Operations in OuterSpace(2019), International Institute of Humanitarian Law

Educational Background and Degrees

LL.M in International Business Law (cum laude), University ofManchester (2009)

World Economy, All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade under theMinistry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation (2008)

International Law (cum laude), All-Russian Academy of ForeignTrade under the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the RussianFederation (2004)

Professional Retraining

Jurisprudence, Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences(2009)

Corporate Law, Academy of National Economy under the Government ofthe Russian Federation (2005)

Academic Experience 2020 –present

Program author and course instructor in “International Space Lawand Telecommunications Law” with the Master’s Program in international publiclaw at Saint Petersburg State University

2010 –present: Supervisor of law students’ internship with the ntersputnik International Organization of Space Communication