August 2018
Flouting the rules on satellite registrations
...between four months and one year. In addition, according to ‘Critical issues related to registration of space objects and transparency of space activities’ (a recent paper by Jakhu, Jasani and McDowell) about 140 satellites have been registered after...
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...
