Overview
All of the international space law began with the Declaration of Legal Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space (Declaration), adopted in 1962 by the United Nations General Assembly. National space laws, like that of the United States, were influenced by international space law and developed in tandem.
The Declaration is the foundation for the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty). The Outer Space Treaty entered into force at the height of the Cold War on October 10, 1967. It contains fundamental space law principles that are directly applicable to remote sensing activities, such as all nations have the nonexclusive right to use space. In less than a decade, four more treaties followed, some of which also have legal principles applicable to remote sensing.
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Gabrynowicz, J.I. (2014). Law of Remote Sensing. In: Njoku, E.G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36699-9_84
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