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...
October 2020
Connecting the global space community
... global challenges we are facing, and my term of office allows me the opportunity to help shape the future of global space activities. Taking over the presidency of the IAF, it was my firm intention and my obligation - together with the experienced...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... orbital population will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the way in which future space activity is conducted Whilst space itself may be ‘big’, the useful space around the Earth is finite, and orbits desirable for satellite operations are even...
