August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... space activity was the preserve of two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. The creation of a consensus within... far only met with limited international acceptance. The United States, Russia and China continue to ignore its existence,...
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
...) in Dubai. The initial eight countries (Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States) have gradually grown and on 22 June 2023, India brought the total to 27 countries. Partnership...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... on establishing standards for commercial space activities could start with immediate effect. A new organisation? The United States has, as recently as 31 October 2023, passed legislation on space debris called the Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
...provisions enacted over half a century ago. Into this general silence falls the US Space Act which states: “A United States citizen engaged in commercial recovery of an asteroid resource or a space resource under this chapter shall be entitled to any...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
...operates several Sentinel satellites in LEO. If Europe can get its act together on space situational awareness, the United States will no longer be alone in monitoring threats in outer space and the whole world will benefit from it. US Geosynchronous...
May 2020
Iran - emerging space state or threat to world peace?
... commemorated the 40th anniversary of the revolution that transformed the state into a theocracy - with a parliament but with the ...suspension of sanctions. However, in 2019, the United States unilaterally cancelled the JCPOA (under President Trump) ...
