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Guidance and legislation for Spaceflight.
Find out the third-party liability insurance requirements and operators’ indemnification obligations for licences issued under each Act.
A register of space objects where the UK is the “launching state”.
Learn about legislation and insurance requirements for UK spaceflight.
A detailed impact assessment of the outer space act licensing process, identifying where it can be improved.
We boost UK prosperity, understand the Universe, and protect our planet and outer space. UK Space Agency is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology .
Evaluation of the BIS impact assessment for the review of the "Outer Space Act (1986)"
Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on non-proliferation.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in May 1969.
This treaty was presented to Parliament in February 1968.
Presented to Parliament: January 1964.
The UK's statement on definition and delimitation at the 61st Legal Sub-committee of COPUOS (agenda item 7a).
Andrew Peebles, UK Mission to the UN in Vienna, delivered the UK Statement on Space Resources at the 61st Legal Sub-committee of COPUOS.
Statement delivered on behalf of 46 Member States at the Joint Panel Discussion of the 1st and 4th Committees on Challenges to Space Security and Sustainability
Find answers to questions about space junk, the risk to satellites in orbit, and how space sustainability can help, as well as the UK Space Agency's work to address these issues.
Delivered by Corinne Kitsell OBE, Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to IAEA and CTBTO, at the United Nations in Vienna, 28 March 2022.
Delivered by Lauren Newell, UK Space Agency International Policy Lead, at the United Nations in Vienna, 2 September 2021.
How to apply for a licence to conduct a commercial spaceflight activity from the UK.
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