May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... is unable to fly as the air is too thin; the second is where gravity causes a space object to re-enter; and the third is the level at which a space object tends to burn up unless it is well protected. But if we agree that the distinctions are...
03 May 2019
Debris from India's ASAT test worse than predicted
.... Last month, the Deimos Sky Survey (DeSS), a system designed to survey, track and catalogue near-Earth space objects, witnessed a discarded 10 year old ‘upper stage’ rocket section crumble into pieces. The newly-made fragments...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
... satellite servicing industry presents unique challenges, including the fact that current space law forbids a nation from touching the space objects launched by another nation. An international body, possibly financed by a waste disposal tax, could...
January 2017
Prospects for progress on space security diplomacy
... need for ‘further measures’ and for states ‘to refrain from actions contrary’ to the peaceful-use-of-outer-space objective. While this policy direction is clear and important, regrettably from the perspective of practical diplomacy, the PAROS...
September 2017
Australia’s ambitious home-grown space industry
... services the company has partnered with the University of Adelaide to develop a nanosatellite-based space object detection system to detect and track space objects and, in April 2017, an Inovor nanosatellite called SUSat - designed and built with...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... is internationally liable to other States or their nationals for damage caused by a space object of the launching State. Compliance with these international space law principles is imperative not only to maintain international peace and security but...
