October 2025
High-altitude platforms - the search for an optimised legal framework
... regulatory structure to its management and control. Whether the form of that regulation should be an adaptation of extant space treaty law or developed along more fundamentally nationalistic lines will be the issue that research should seek to make...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
...entered into force on 10 October 1967. Known colloquially as the Outer Space Treaty (OST), this and the subsequent treaty agreements created a foundation for a legal system in space that was broadly accepted at the time. Information about the orbital...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... they strike, even without any real property rights. These examples, combined with a proper reading of the space treaties, demonstrate that domestic legislation such as passed by the United States and contemplated by Luxembourg are, in fact, entirely...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
.... 1. Promote the universal adoption and implementation of existing space treaties and guidelines for space sustainability The Outer Space Treaty (OST) is the foundational treaty for outer space activities; it was adopted in 1967 and has provided...
September 2023
India signs up to the Artemis Accords
... missions far from Earth. But why not simply sign up for the Outer Space Treaty and the Moon Treaty? While the Outer Space Treaty, established in 1967, has 113 signatories, only 18 parties have agreed to be bound by the Moon...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... to specific states (over 90 percent of it to the US and Russia or the erstwhile Soviet Union); according to the Outer Space Treaty (OST) of 1967, it is their liability. Debris that cannot be identified is no-one’s liability, but needs to be removed...
