March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... its indirect impact is correlated to the fact that space weather can heat the upper atmosphere and cause it ...that a reliable electricity supply is essential for a nation’s security and society’s well-being. Modern infrastructures do not operate in...
October 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... and magnetic field. These satellites will form a space-based Earth observation network to conduct both basic Earth... officer of the Royal Netherlands Air Force, space analyst and author of numerous space related articles (https://smid.one). He has...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... and, ultimately, how punishment for transgressing crimes in outer space will be enforced. It is significant that, when considering the... appropriate authority and responsibility to enforce safety, security and crew rescue procedures. The CCoC, also...
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...
