16 October 2019
SpaceX files request to launch 30,000 more Starlink satellites
... 12,000 strong mega-constellation for Elon Musk’s Starlink endeavour is not enough, as according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the entrepreneurs company SpaceX, has filed paperwork for up to 30,000 additional Starlink satellites...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... are two areas and organisations that illustrate how such architecture works particularly well: the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which regulates international frequency coordination and geostationary orbital slot allocation, and the...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
... to geostationary satellite operators. This increasingly challenging task is managed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which is based in Geneva. However, the ITU operates under United Nations rules of consensus for most of its...
31 May 2016
'The ITU and its Impact on Space Activities' at GLIS 2016
...will be presented. GLIS 2016 will take place in Geneva, Switzerland from 6 -7 June 2016 at the headquarters of the International Telecommunication Union - ITU. Members of the press are invited to register for the GLIS 2016 to ensure that they receive...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
.... With small meetings starting to occur between operators and astronomers, it would seem prescient for the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the IAU to examine ways in which the current management of the RF spectrum could better address...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... real property ownership in the orbital slots into which they launch. Use of geostationary orbit is governed by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), governed by a set of principles similar to those espoused in the Outer Space Treaty. The...
