29 December 2021
China complains to UN after space station endures 'close encounters' with Starlink satellites
... the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies 1 (the Outer Space Treaty), which provides that “States Parties to the Treaty shall immediately inform the other States Parties to the...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... (IGA) which contained Article 22 with specific provisions relating to crimes committed onboard the ISS. Unlike the Outer Space Treaty and the proposed Draft Convention mentioned above, the IGA uses the criminal law of the state...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
...law to be considered when dealing with human activity in outer space is international law. The operative international framework is to be found in the Outer Space Treaty (OST) 1967, a treaty of the United Nations to which all of the major spacefaring...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
...the International Astronautical Congress on 13 October 2020. Commitments We could not simply hand mission planners a copy of the Outer Space Treaty (OST) and say “follow this” Although the Artemis Accords have been criticised by some commentators and...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
... conducted their first flights. That said, when contemplating the lawfulness of any activity in outer space, the first port of call is the Outer Space Treaty (OST). View from above - Virgin Galactic’s Vice President of Government Affairs & Research...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... as the “Wild, Wild, West”. Technology has advanced to a point where the foundational 1967 Outer Space Treaty has become obsolete. The treaty bans weapons of mass destruction, prevents military activity on celestial bodies, and charts peaceful uses...
