May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
..., since it falls under the sovereign sphere of the internal affairs of a State, the principle applies to space objects. Regarding space debris, there is a debate in the legal academic community as to whether it falls, or should fall, under the...
September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... surveillance and tracking: tracking active and inactive satellites and space debris, collectively known as resident space objects (RSO). The risks imposed by space debris proliferation highlight the need to adequately address the challenges posed...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... probability that they will interfere with each other Although the potential dangers of physical collisions between space objects and the contingent increase in orbital debris is a broad topic of interest across the...
October 2025
The law as a last line of defence when space debris hit home
...the launching State, especially where more than one State is involved, the answer is to look at the Register of Space Objects. By channelling liability through States, individual redress for damage caused, under the current regime, is expensive, time...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
...-energy lasers as part of its ballistic missile defence programme. These could easily be adapted for use against space objects and any state that has reached a reasonable technological level would be capable of acquiring some capacity in this...
June 2022
Patent protection for space manufacturing
...includes an explicit provision (Section 105 of 35 USC) specifying that “any invention made, used or sold in outer space on a space object or component thereof under the jurisdiction or control of the United States shall be considered to be made, used...
