Space Activity Regulatory Matters of Space Law

by Andrey Ivanishchuk¹ and Maria Markina^2
1 Research Institute of Maritime and Space Law (Kherson, Ukraine)
² Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/6/3
Received: 11 October 2020 / Accepted: 17 November 2020 / Published: 10 December 2020

This article studies the issues of international space law and analyses the reasons for its occurrence. At the moment, space law actively develops, and space exploration has become increasingly popular and demanded. Nevertheless, this field’s legal regulations were drawn up in the mid-20th century and are now partly obsolete. Moreover, the set of space-related legal relations in regard to the exploration and use of outer space and celestial bodies undergoes significant changes. Therefore, it is of sufficient importance to seek new possible areas and improve existing means of resolving current legal issues to ensure the progress of international and national space law. Every year problems related to unregulated actions of private companies in the sector increasingly occur. This topic requires analysis to provide ways to address those gaps in international space law.

Keywords: legal and regulatory framework, space law, international space law, national space law, commercialization, spaceX.

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