... and since prevailing space legislation, particularly Article I and II of the Outer Space Treaty 1967, forbid claims to sovereignty in space, it would seem to make sense to drop the Westphalian concept of nation states on Earth before reaching out...
... in which each State is permitted, by the principle of State sovereignty, to decide freely”. It also held that it is wrongful ...visible at centre. This means that the State exercises sovereignty over its registered space object. Therefore, since it ...
... US companies ownership of anything they bring back from space, while maintaining that the US does not assert sovereignty over or ownership of the celestial bodies themselves. This approach appears to be influencing others - Luxembourg has adopted...
...are sovereign over their airspace and can enforce that sovereignty. From the Chicago Convention of 1944, through to..., to specify an upper limit beyond which they can enforce sovereignty and prevent overflight. Additionally, there is no uniform, let ...
... has affected relations in space too. On 2 April NASA announced that, “given Russia’s on-going violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, NASA is suspending the majority of its on-going engagements with the Russian Federation...
... namely: ‘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 other means’. The use of the definition ‘national’ in the above provision...