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Teka Commission of Legal Sciences Polish Academy of Sciences Branch in Lublin

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2018)

Articles

Safety and Security law: Space Situational Awareness System (SSA) in Transatlantic Relations. Europe vis a vis the US

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32084/tekapr.2018.11.2-21  [Google Scholar]
Published: 2018-12-31

Abstract

This article undertakes a very sensitive issue such as space security and its implementation urgency into national law. There are a number of challenges to the security of space infrastructure, such as unintentional threats (space debris), intentional threats (space weapons, malicious interference, cyber-attacks) or threats related to the weather in space (geomagnetic storms, solar storms, etc.) Space is increasingly congested and various prevention and protection measures need to be implemented. On the other hand, there is a growing dependence on the space of some countries, including European ones. There is therefore an urgent need to speed up this work on security and international cooperation, e.g. between the European Union and the US – the “space leader”. The transatlantic cooperation between European states and the US is crucial in the area or space security. The US has necessary knowledge in its long history of experience of making space strategy, policy and security law and may be a good example for Europe in building the safety and security structures in space.

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