[FPSPACE] USA-193: Selected Documents, Now Downloadable

[Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz]

	The National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law at 
the University of Mississippi School of Law, 
http://www.spacelaw.olemiss.edu/ (Center) is pleased to make 
available 
<http://rescommunis.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/now-downloadable-usa-193-selected-documents/>USA-193: 
Selected Documents 
(http://rescommunis.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/now-downloadable-usa-193-selected-documents/) 
. This is the first in a new occasional series, Special Topics in 
Aerospace Law. The series is being offered as a supplement to the 
Center's primary publication, the JOURNAL OF SPACE LAW. The JOURNAL 
OF SPACE LAW is the world's oldest law review dedicated to space law 
and is available online through HeinOnLine  in its Core 
U.S./Most-Cited Law Journals collection. USA-193: Selected Documents 
is a compilation of the major documents that were generated by the 
shooting down of the satellite USA-193 on 20 February 2008, and is 
being released on the first anniversary of the event.
	USA-193 is, itself, an event with critical implications for 
space law. It is also one in a series of events that, collectively, 
are raising important, practical space law issues. These events 
include the reported Chinese ASAT test conducted against the Chinese 
Fengyuan 1C polar-orbiting weather satellite on 11 January 2007 and 
the on-orbit collision of the Iridium - 33 and Cosmos 2251 satellites 
on 10 February 2009. The latter event is the first known occurrence 
of two bona fide space objects from different Nation-States colliding 
into one another in open space. Among some of the issues raised by 
all of these events are determining liability for harm caused in 
space, in air and on Earth; causing harm to the space environment; 
and the obligation to inform or warn. Some of the most important 
issues specifically raised by the USA-193 event emerge from Art. IX 
of the Outer Space Treaty and include how to define "peaceful 
purposes" and "potentially harmful interference" as well as what 
constitutes "appropriate international consultations" before 
conducting an activity that has the potential for harmful 
interference with space activities of other States Parties. This 
compilation is offered to advance the understanding of these, and 
other important issues.
	The reader can find updated materials on an on-going basis at 
the Center's blog, Res Communis, at http://rescommunis.wordpress.com/.

-- 
Prof. Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz, Director
National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Space Law
Res Communis Aerospace Law Blog
The University of Mississippi School of Law
P.O.Box 1848
University, MS 38677-1848
jgabryno at olemiss.edu
Voice: (662) 915-6877
Fax: (662) 915- 6921
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