by Nelly-Helen Neji Ebruka As often said, when men reached for the stars, lawyers reached for their books. After Yuri Gagarin’s historic space flight in 1957, the international community through the United Nations deemed it pertinent to agree on certain principles and rules to regulate outer space affairs. Space exploration undoubtedly brought new ideas in the development of various fields like science, medicine, media and communications, etc. and of course legal lacuna had to be filled.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Share: Middle East’s ‘little Sparta’ by Arhama Siddiqa
On July 19, the UAE successfully launched the first Arab mission to Mars — plans for which were first announced in 2014.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Space Traffic Management – Impact of Large Constellations on Military Operations in Space
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Joint Air Power Competence Centre, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Space Traffic Management - Impact of Large Constellations on Military Operations in Space”, originally published by the Joint Air Power Competence Centre for the Conference Read Ahead 2020.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Towards a sovereign space capability for Australia’s defence
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and The Strategist, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles. This is “Towards a sovereign space capability for Australia’s defence″ by Malcolm Davis, originally published on 3 August 2020.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Russian ASAT Test: More Trouble for Space Security
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Russian ASAT Test: More Trouble for Space Security”, originally published on 31 Juli 2020 in The Diplomat.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Perspective: Did Russia Test a Weapon in Space? – Part 2
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Project Plougshares, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. This is Part 2 of “Did Russia Test a Weapon in Space? What the question and the answer tell us about the security of outer space”, originally published 30 July 2020 in Ploughshares Spotlight, July 2020.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Perspective: Did Russia Test a Weapon in Space? – Part 1
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Project Plougshares, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. This is Part 1 of “Did Russia Test a Weapon in Space? What the question and the answer tell us about the security of outer space”, originally published 30 July 2020 in Ploughshares Spotlight, July 2020.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Perspective: SpaceWars: “Those aren’t the droids you’re looking for”
The only way to achieve transparency between actors in space is through the development of a civil space situational awareness (SSA) and space traffic management (STM) entity that can monitor, assess, and make evidence widely accessible to all.
Read More »Space Café Podcast Episode 008 Featuring Michelle Hanlon Is Now Available
SpaceWatch.Global is pleased to present the 8th episode in our podcast series The Space Cafe Podcast: Michelle Hanlon, The legal loophole to remove the American flags on the Moon
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Feature: Survey on space norms highlights issues
Specialists in space security constantly call for more robust norms of behaviour in outer space. As the number of users and uses of space grows, the calls get louder and more urgent. Meanwhile, many states claim to want the same thing. Canada’s national defence policy, “Strong, Secure, Engaged,” for example, aims to “provide leadership in shaping international norms f
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