November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... with the National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico (CONACYT) operate a fund to support research and development in space activities. This fund has been in operation since 2015 and to date it has financed more than 50 research and...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
...in the number of low Earth satellites is raising public awareness and concern about the long-term sustainability of space activities. An innovative open source system called TruSat is creating new opportunities for concerned citizens around the world...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... are responsible for ensuring that private and non-governmental entities conduct space activities in accordance with space law. Thus, Article IX of the Outer Space Treaty contains various obligations that may be relevant for spacefaring States, and...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... the appropriate State Party to the Treaty. In order to effectively supervise their own national activity, space-active states have enacted national space laws to establish a regulatory framework and it is through this regulatory process that states...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
...and led by the Presidency Cabinet, will allow for more effective interaction by the stakeholders related to space activities and provide the space sector with another level of commitment from policy development and investment. At an operational level...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... assets, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and the International Space Station (ISS) and its crew. Further, they could hinder future space activities through a collision cascade effect known as the Kessler syndrome, whereby debris...
