Common use of Five Outer Space Conventions Clause in Contracts

Five Outer Space Conventions. The United Kingdom’s Status In relation to the United Kingdom’s status regarding the five major United Nations outer space conventions,22 it is noted that the United Kingdom is a state party to all major outer space conventions except the Moon Agreement.23 The first outer space treaty to be signed by 16 See online index of objects launched into space at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/oosa/osoindex.html, accessed: 2 January 2013. 17 See ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇/ukspaceagency/discover-and-learn/discovering-space/uk-space-activity, accessed: 2 January 2013. 18 The UK Space Agency website is available at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇/ukspaceagency, accessed: 3 January 2013. 19 The official website of BIS is available at ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇/bis/, accessed: 3 January 2013. 20 The Agency’s other tasks include: supporting academic research, nurturing the country’s space industry, working to increase understanding of space science and its practical benefits. See Mosteshar, Sa’id, “Regulation of Space Activities in the United Kingdom”, in National Regulation of Space Activities, ed., Jakhu, Ram S., (Dordrecht: Springer, 2010), at 357; ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, “Muscular’ UK Space Agency Launched”, BBC News, 23 March 2010, ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇/2/hi/science/nature/8579270.stm; see also ▇▇▇▇://▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/wiki/British_National_Space_Centre#cite_note-bbc-2, both accessed: 1 January 2013. 21 See ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇/ukspaceagency/who-we-are/how-we-work/space-leadership-council, accessed: 1 January 2013. 22 The conventions refer to the Outer Space Treaty 1967, the Rescue Agreement 1968, the Liability Convention 1972, the Registration Convention 1975, and the Moon Agreement 1979.