October 2019
Space-based cybersecurity challenges for NATO
..., norms around space security are considered lax: this also applies to those around cybersecurity. The Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (MILAMOS) was launched in 2016 through a civil society initiative, aiming...
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
...are: 1. Peaceful uses: cooperative activities are exclusively for peaceful purposes and in accordance with international law. 2. Transparency: commit to broad dissemination of information regarding their national policies and exploration plans. Agree...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... insurers would seek to sell the satellite back to the owner or another third party before it is serviced. However, international law makes the responsibility and liability for space objects uncertain, and without such agreement in place the...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
...for future space generations [see ‘Space debris conundrum for international law makers’, Ward Munters, Leuven Centre for Global Governance .... RemoveDebris satellite launch from the International Space Station in 2018. Business considerations...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... A high level of standardisation and unification in complex technical systems helps move to serial production According to current international law, once an SC finished active work in low orbit, it must be removed from orbit in no more than 25 years...
30 October 2019
Questions surround US top-secret spaceplane mission
.... Introduced by the UN in 1974, the Convention is based on the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which is regarded as the basic international law of space, and requires that all objects launched into space must be registered “to the greatest extent feasible...
