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There could be less support for the UNIDROIT Space Assets Protocol than currently perceived, reveals a study conducted by the International Institute of Space Commerce (IISC).
Read MoreAn interesting article in the Taiwan News reveals that prosecutors in Taipei are investigating the offer by a foundation to sell remains of a NASA satellite to help pay a NT$300 million fine for a jailed businessman.
Read MoreArab information ministers on Sunday slammed a bill passed by the U.S. Congress last December that imposes sanctions on satellite channels deemed hostile to the United States.
Read MoreJohn Eggerton of Multichannel News reports that the U.S. Congress has agreed to extend the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act for a period of 60 days.
Read MoreThe Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC?) will hold a Spatial Law and Policy Summit at The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center on October 7, 2009.
Read MoreThe College of Law at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska, is hosting a conference that will examine the legal and institutional challenges of international protocols if large asteroids or other interplanetary objects come too close to Earth for comfort.
Read MoreThe European Union on Thursday, February 12, presented a proposal for a voluntary international code on the use of outer space to the Conference on Disarmament, just days after a Russian and U.S. satellite collided.
Read MoreGilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) has filed lawsuits against each of the parties that had guaranteed the payment of a termination fee under the Merger Agreement that was approved by the Company's shareholders on July 3, 2008.
Read MoreA court in the Siberian city of Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, shortly after 2:00 a.m. Saturday morning local time issued a verdict holding Telenor liable for USD 2,824,125,677 in damages, plus RUR 460,000 in costs, for allegedly having delayed VimpelCom's acquisition of Ukrainian Radio Systems, a small Ukrainian mobile operator.
Read MoreGuess the jurisdiction of the United Nations extends farther than you might think. The Secure World Foundation was granted permanent observer status by the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). This classification enables the Foundation to contribute to the international dialogue on space policy alongside Member States.
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