... be argued that UNOOSA does not have such powers under the Registration Convention. In such a case, the Registration Convention may be amended under Article X of the Registration Convention, which allows its review at the request of one third of the...
... and control over such object”, while the State of registry - a launching state according to Article II of the Registration Convention - retains ‘control’ over a space object with AI components. In a case of damage, the launching State will therefore...
... all and instead speak of “persons on board a space object” (see Art III of the Liability Convention) or “spacecraft personnel” (Art II of the Registration Convention), neither of which takes the discussion any further forward. As the OST was written...
... Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies The Rescue Agreement of 1968 The Space Liability Convention of 1972 The Registration Convention of 1976 The Moon Treaty of 1979. The latter, with the objective of limiting unrestricted commercial...
... retains jurisdiction and control over the space object while it is in space. The 1975 Registration Convention [Article I(a)] concerning the registration of objects launched into outer space defines a “launching State” as “a State which launches...
...latest mission. This has made some heads turn, as the US has not reported those deployments in its UN Registration Convention submissions, writes Harvard-Smithsonian astronomer Johnathan McDowell, via Twitter. If correct, this would be the first time...