Remote sensing data from satellites offers a powerful tool for environmental monitoring, aiding legal proceedings in enforcing environmental laws. However, the application of this data entails legal and technical challenges, often hindering its potential.
As humanity ventures beyond Earth and begins to consider outer space as a potential site for permanent settlements, the legal framework must evolve to address new challenges. To guarantee and safeguard human rights, the creation of lex specialis is crucial.
Space resource utilisation is no longer a distant dream. As our quest to explore and settle the cosmos intensifies, the need for robust legal frameworks to govern space activities, including manage resource extraction, ensure fair access, and promote international cooperation, is increasingly critical.
From woodworking to optometry and even house painting, Marie shares how she navigated through an array of interests to finally discover her passion for space, becoming a law student at the University of Cologne and an advocate for women in aerospace.
The risk of on-orbit collisions has grown. Timely and accurate Space Situational Awareness is critical to prevent disaster. That's why the U.S. is advancing its own civil-led, national space traffic management system. Will other nations follow suit?
Merely halting new debris is insufficient to curb orbital pollution — we must not only prevent new debris but also actively remove existing threats through debris remediation.
A group of researchers present a deep dive into the UN Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines and provide recommendations to make debris mitigation more effective.
An overview of best practices that can serve as a model for developing relevant legislation in African countries increasing their commercial activities in space.
Executive Summary In September 2020, the Space Generation Advisory Council’s Space Law and Policy Project Group established the Space Sustainability subgroup. The aim of the subgroup was to raise awareness about the Guidelines on the Long Term Sustainability of Space Activities 2019 (LTS) of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS) and understand the level [...]
Satellites are part and parcel of societies around the world: from telecommunications to global navigation systems, they are used for both commercial and scientific purposes. However, satellites also have non-peaceful applications. The sooner a consensus on the non-peaceful use of satellites is reached, the better it will be for all nations and for the peaceful conduct of outer space activities.
