A proposed new rocket launch site in Canterbury highlights the need for New Zealand space law to keep up with a rapidly developing but under-regulated and risky sector.
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Build a powerful enough laser, and you can shine it into space. Aim it well, and you can blind satellites.
Our reliance on space infrastructure means that conflict in space would have global catastrophic consequences. But a recent declaration by the United States provides hope.
Anti-satellite weapons could fill Earth’s orbit with space junk and make it unusable for military and civilian purposes
Russia’s testing of an anti-satellite weapon risked the life of astronauts on the International Space Station and could have astronomical impacts on Earth.
Russia destroyed one of its old satellites during a successful test of an anti-satellite weapon. A space security expert explains what this weapon was and the dangers of the expanding debris field.
International space law doesn’t explicitly prohibit anti-satellite missile tests — which makes uproar over Russia’s actions all the more significant.
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Researcher, Air and Space Law, McGill University; Bond University
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Chief Executive Officer, Australasian Centre for Space Governance; Associate Expert, National Security College, Australian National University
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Professor, Adelaide University
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Full Professor, Former Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University
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Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Arsenault Doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University