13 September 2019
Long-term sustainability of outer space
...from 08:30 – 09:30, a Plenary on the topic of “The Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space: Advancing the Space Economy and Sustaining Space Industry Through Solutions to Space Security Issue”. This plenary addresses the fact that humanity has become...
May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... orbital debris issue even more urgent. Will we pollute space as we have done with Earth? International policy and regulatory issues, complicated by dual use, national security and disruptive commercial developments, must find new outlets for...
July 2014
The peaceful use of space
... as the unique platform at the global level for international cooperation in space. At the heart of its work lies the fundamental need for securing the peaceful use of space for the benefit of all mankind. This is also the mission...
December 2014
Finding NEO
...-year baseline mission, it would aim to discover about two thirds of PHAs larger than 140m. Another proposed space-based survey, Sentinel, would place a 0.5-metre telescope into an orbit similar to that of Venus. Sentinel is anticipated to be capable...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... comets. This, however, might be followed by the United Nations Security Council considering a more specific international treaty (or other form of legal regime) that would be developed by the most interested space-faring states but made open to all...
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...
