June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
... ‘Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space’, and the recently adopted 21 UN COPUOS ‘Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities’. The difficulty is that all the existing...
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
... long-term sustainability of outer space activities as adopted by the UN Committee for Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) in 2019. Activities, where potential harmful interference could occur, should be restricted to pre-identified ‘Safety Zones...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... mitigation guidelines into their national legislation – as encouraged by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). A lack of comprehensive space traffic management (STM) means there is no global system to coordinate space traffic...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... and human spaceflight. Current United Nations mechanisms like the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and the Outer Space Treaty are vital but slow moving, often hampered by geopolitical gridlock. Space...
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
...Convention, which currently accounts for just 88.5 percent of space objects launched. A new expert group under COPUOS on Space Situational Awareness (SSA) will enable industry participation and global coordination for space traffic management. “...
October 2025
The law as a last line of defence when space debris hit home
... their space objects. States could also instigate discussions at the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) to try to develop a shared understanding of how liability can protect not only state interests but also individuals...
