Read more about the article An Analysis of Space Debris II: The Space Weaponisation and the Kessler Syndrome
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An Analysis of Space Debris II: The Space Weaponisation and the Kessler Syndrome

The dual-use capacity of many space assets and technologies is bolstering the weaponisation of space and becoming a great threat to satellites and space-based services. Therefore, the militarisation of space presents security risks and technical, diplomatic and legal challenges. This paper delves into the challenges that weaponisation of space pose to the proliferation of space debris in orbit and the risk of triggering the Kessler Syndrome from a legal perspective. Consequently, this article proposes updating the international legal framework to regulate the behaviour of space actors, restrict the location in space of space weapons and assets as well as to ban certain weapons.

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17 April 2025
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Finabel’s Space Handbook

Against the backdrop of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War and Europe’s changing security environment, space has become ever more significant in the field of defence and security. Today, the spatial context has moved beyond the binary Soviet-American dynamic of one-upmanship experienced during the Cold War. Greater acknowledgement of the domain’s importance to modern society has led to a renewed look at space within military affairs in recent years, spurring the formal recognition of space as an operational domain by NATO allies in 2019 (Eagleson, 2023). This paper explores various strands of the strategic domain of space in the European context, involving analyses ranging from explorations of the sector’s legal dimensions to a further dive into the lessons learned from the Russo-Ukrainian War in the realm of space.

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27 August 2024