May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... the first artificial satellite, the UN General Assembly established an ad hoc Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), initially composed of 18 members. The committee was made a permanent body in 1959 with 24 members and now consists...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) has a long history of considering questions of space ...United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). He is one of the authors of the Artemis Accords and served on...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... as capacity building in space science, technology and workforce development. Prior to joining Secure World Foundation he chaired the UN COPUOS Working Group on the Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities and the South African Council for...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
...or the sustainability of the night sky. However, UN COPUOS has recently adopted Long-Term Sustainability (LTS) guidelines on ... seven years and has also been a representative to UN COPUOS and its sub-committees. Christopher Newman is Professor of Space...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
...regulatory regime of the long-term sustainability in space. At present further work is ongoing under the auspices of the UN COPUOS within the framework of a dedicated Working Group on the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities, whose main...
February 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
... innovative and effective approaches to capacity-building, as mandated by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). By developing and implementing a research project for the United Nations Dream Chaser mission, countries can also...
