September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... from the point of view of state national security. It is not hard to envisage how space debris ‘situations’ could become a pretext for wide-scale military operations against the space capabilities of a potential opponent - should they be interpreted...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... privately operated commercial satellites for the protection of their national security interests. This means any attempt to apply the jus in bello principles to a ‘space war’ is fraught with complexity, challenging the overly simplistic assumptions...
August 2018
Flouting the rules on satellite registrations
...-building measures by and between States will improve the security and sustainability of outer space, and the best way to implement the Registration Convention is through national space legislation. A Russian Meridian satellite being prepared for...
July 2019
Luxembourg’s space legislation
...may withdraw the authorisation. In such cases, the Minister may order measures to avoid any security or environmental risks, including deorbiting the space object. The sanctions for violation of the law range from a fine to imprisonment of up to five...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
... misperceptions. This all depends on senior leaders’ conceptions and/or fears of the threats posed by space systems to their countries’ national security or even their own political futures and, of course, the perception of national populations. What...
28 May 2016
Editor-in-chief speaks at international space lawyers’ conference
... technologies and activities, military policies, and the challenges and risks they represent in terms of space security. Presentations by renowned academics and subject-matter experts are addressing the adequacy and inadequacy of current rules...
