May 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
... important concept. For international space law the prohibition of the exercise of state jurisdiction as an element of territorial sovereignty in Article II Outer Space Treaty means that states may not exercise exclusive jurisdiction over outer space...
October 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
... made by the Council of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) formed under the Chicago Convention of 1944. Although sovereignty over the airspace of a country was granted under the convention, airspace over the high seas remains...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... to have been two-fold: to create jobs in Luxembourg and to continue to accentuate its brand as a pioneering, forward-looking sovereignty that helped launch the global satellite industry. But short of a sovereign nation, time frames for financial...
May 2018
Taxation of outer space: a next step for space exploration?
... “Outer Space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any means”, other provisions of the OST, especially Article I, stipulate that “Outer...
November 2017
Preserving Apollo’s lunar legacy
... process by which property may be submitted for inclusion in the World Heritage List. And it relies on the concept of sovereignty, anathema to the Outer Space Treaty. State Parties to the Convention are instructed to submit properties within their...
March 2018
Shifting lines and new horizons in Earth observation markets
.... Commercial operators could become key providers of sensitive but sharable data on a collective basis. Security and sovereignty The main risk is information dominance by a small number of worldwide champions or global service providers backed by the...
