ESA transfers ownership of satellite ground tracking stations

The European Space Agency (ESA) transferred the ownership of three satellite ground tracking stations to national organisations in Spain and Portugal.

Satellites to prevent aircraft from disappearing

The disappearance of flight MH 370, also in the light of the AF 440 accident in 2009, has sparked discussions on using satellites to enable continuous aircraft tracking. IATA has announced it will form a study group to study the problem and make recommendations by the end of the year.

53rd Session of the UNCOPUOS Legal Subcommittee + ΙΙSL/ECSL Symposium

The fifty-third session of the Legal Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space was held from 24 March to 4 April 2014 at the United Nations Office in Vienna Austria. Plenty of documents, presentations and related resources can be found here.

During the session, on 24 March 2014, the IISL/ECSL Symposium on "Regulatory needs for very small satellites", was hosted. The presentations of the Symposium are available here.