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Comment on Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s (ISED) consultation on the Policy, Licensing and Technical Framework for Supplemental Mobile Coverage by Satellite (SMCS)

OSI Fellows and Junior Fellows submitted this comment in response to ISED’s proposed framework for the allocation of certain radio frequency bands to mobile services coverage via satellite, with the intention of highlighting the potential threats to radio and optical astronomy that could come from these satellites.

This comment was further endorsed by the President of the Canadian Astronomical Society – Société Canadienne d’Astronomie (CASCA), the Executive Director of the Association of Canadian Universities for Research in Astronomy (ACURA), and astronomers from across Canada.

OSI Submission on Core Principles for Space Resource Activities

A team of OSI researchers has made a short submission to the Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities established under the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS).

The submission focuses on identifying existing core principles for space resource activities. It does not analyse these core principles, nor does it provide a comprehensive overview of all of the rules and principles that may potentially be relevant to space resource activities. This limited scope is consistent with the current ambitions of the Working Group, which also focus on core principles.

Outside/In

Roohi Dalal, Aaron Boley, and Sam Lawler discuss the implications of the new space race on an episode of the Outside/In podcast.

Moby’s Recommendations on Lunar and Cislunar Security

On March 1 and 2, 2024, the Outer Space Institute convened a group of experts (the Expert Group) from a variety of backgrounds, disciplines, and countries on Salt Spring Island, Canada, to discuss existing and foreseeable security-related challenges arising from activities on and around the Moon.

The Moby’s Recommendations on Lunar and Cislunar Security – named after one of the venues in which the Expert Group met – are the result of those discussions and are directed toward governments, inter-governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and other space actors.

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