February 2022
A new legal system for space
... about the laws that are applicable in space. Many governments signed the UN Outer Space Treaty (OST) in 1967, but the OST only governs what governments do in space, not private companies. Five decades ago, the thought...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... the erstwhile Soviet Union); according to the Outer Space Treaty (OST) of 1967, it is their liability. Debris that cannot be ...action of the spacefaring nations. It is clear that under the OST space is a ‘common heritage of mankind’ or ‘global commons...
September 2026
Who taxes space? - new challenges for the space economy
...principle. Article II of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST) establishes that outer space is not subject to national ... activity and the non-appropriation principle under the OST, unilateral approaches are inherently constrained. Progress is ...
March 2016
Space industrialisation needs balanced legal and policy approach
When US President Obama signed a new law into existence in November 2015, it signalled a new direction for commercial space exploration and exploitation. The bill that was signed had ambitious beginnings in the US House of Representatives. That ...
August 2016
High-resolution Earth observation data is changing the character of war
...’s natural rotation on its axis, and the international legal regime provided by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST), allows satellites to gather data from, and communicate into, areas of the planet that are either politically...
May 2020
An ethical code for living in space
... were assisted by academic institutions in their member countries. Important early results were the Outer Space Treaty (OST) of 1967, incorporating the concept of the ‘Peaceful Use of Outer Space’ and the proposal against the placement...
