October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
... by the Australian government’s ratifi cation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which established international legal principles and guidelines for nations undertaking actions in space. This was followed by the Weapons Research Establishment Satellite...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... and data-sharing among nations and operators. Current space sustainability efforts rely on the United Nations’ Outer Space Treaty of 1963, containing relevant international space law regulations. The framework states in Article IX that parties...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and the Outer Space Treaty are vital but slow moving, often hampered by geopolitical gridlock. Space health Just as the race for space is opening up an urgent debris problem that needs...
