May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
... international law in the context of the United Nations Charter and the Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (ARSIWA). The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), states that 1400 objects in Earth...
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 2018
Flouting the rules on satellite registrations
... a lack of it creates. The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), which discharges the duty of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, established and maintains a central register of space objects. Nominally, the registration...
October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
...protection, rescue or security organisation – but to ensure timely action, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNOSAT) are also authorised to activate the Charter upon...
November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
... among international bodies, such as the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the Committee for the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), actively engaged in addressing the challenge of space debris. The emphasis of the...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
As of late 2018 the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) reported that there were 4,857 satellites in orbit, representing an increase of 4.79 percent compared to 2017. The fact is that space is already crowded - and it’s getting ...
