Technology and innovation in business and entrepreneurial talent has forged ahead of the regulatory guidelines and necessary standards. This study seeks to consider in a comprehensive and thoughtful way the best way forward in “new space” initiatives.

Earth’s annual journey around the Sun represents a perilous cosmic voyage and for thousands of years humans have remained blissfully ignorant of the dangers of asteroids and comets, coronal mass ejections, solar radiation flares and other cosmic events that threaten our daily existence. The Global Space Governance Study is now addressing the technical challenges and regulatory actions for a comprehensive planetary defence strategy.

How do we create a new regulatory future to govern satellite applications?