Long-term sustainability of space activities: new challenges for international and national space law

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Social Sciences in Space Exploration
1Malysheva, NR, 1Hurova, AM
1V.M. Koretsky Institute of state and law of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, International Space Law Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
Space Sci. & Technol. 2022, 28 ;(6):63-73
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2022.06.063
Publication Language: Ukrainian
Abstract: 
The results of the study of legal problems, which are relevant for ensuring the long-term sustainability of space activities, the course of which has been declared by the UN as a guide, are highlighted. Legal relations are singled out, which on the one hand allow revitalizing the commercial component of the space industry of the domestic economy, and on the other - contribute to the establishment of responsible sustainable behavior of all subjects of space activity on a global scale. From this point of view, the specific problems of public-private partnership in the space industry are considered, proposals are put forward regarding the legal model for the regulation of remote sensing of the Earth, challenges to international and national law in connection with cyber threats to space activities, including the use of blockchain technology, are emphasized, the international legal problems of regulating the extraction of space resources from the point of view of ensuring the sustainability of this activity and the need to develop legal mechanisms, norms and principles of responsible human behavior in space are emphasized.
             As a result of the study, the following were proposed: 1) legal means of liberalizing the participation of state-owned enterprises as subjects, and not objects of public-private partnerships, 2) a model for the regulation of relations to provide Ukraine with EO data, including through public procurement by theNational Space Facilities Сontrol and Test Center, 3) international legal and national legal mechanisms for combating cyber threats to space activity, 4) rules that should be developed to regulate activities for the extraction of space resources, as well as 5) rules for ensuring responsible behavior in space.
Keywords: long-term stability of space activity; public-private partnership; remote sensing of the Earth; cyber security of space activities; Blockchain technology; extraction of space resources
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