March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... these conditions, the US national security space community has characterised space as “congested, contested, and competitive.” The international community, through the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) and other...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... Goals has been a central discussion point of both the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). UNOOSA’s Space4SDGs initiative and related agenda items...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... for the development of space law on an international level is the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS). In order to establish the content of the LTSG, in 2010 the Science and Technical Sub-committee of UNCOPUOS...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) first considered space debris as a priority item. In 1999, the Subcommittee adopted the Technical Report on Space Debris, and in 2003, the Inter-Agency Space Debris...
May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
... sophisticated systems that follow - just as they are in the aviation and pharmaceutical industry. The United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) will take time to ratify a robust lunar treaty. However, when exploration...
