Outer Space Treaty

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United Nations treaty international treaty space law treaty

The Outer Space Treaty is the foundational international agreement that sets the basic legal framework for the peaceful, non-sovereign use and exploration of outer space by states.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Outer Space Treaty canonical	17
Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies	11
Outer Space Treaty of 1967	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ space law treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
adoptionResolution	UN General Assembly Resolution 2222 (XXI) ⓘ
appliesTo	Moon ⓘ other celestial bodies ⓘ outer space ⓘ
defines	astronauts as envoys of mankind ⓘ
depository	Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian Federation United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
enteredIntoForceOn	1967-10-10 ⓘ
enteredIntoForceStatus	in force ⓘ
foundationFor	modern international space law ⓘ
fullName	Outer Space Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies
initialSignatoriesIncluded	Soviet Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
negotiatedDuring	Cold War ⓘ
obliges	states to avoid adverse changes in the environment of the Earth resulting from space activities ⓘ states to avoid harmful contamination of outer space and celestial bodies ⓘ
openedForSignatureOn	1967-01-27 ⓘ
placeSigned	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Moscow ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
principle	avoidance of harmful contamination of space and celestial bodies ⓘ freedom of exploration and use of outer space ⓘ international responsibility for national space activities ⓘ liability for damage caused by space objects ⓘ non-appropriation of outer space ⓘ peaceful purposes of outer space ⓘ use of the Moon and other celestial bodies exclusively for peaceful purposes ⓘ
prohibits	conduct of military maneuvers on the Moon and other celestial bodies ⓘ establishment of military bases on the Moon and other celestial bodies ⓘ national appropriation of outer space by claim of sovereignty ⓘ national appropriation of the Moon and other celestial bodies ⓘ placement of nuclear weapons in orbit ⓘ placement of weapons of mass destruction in outer space ⓘ testing of weapons on the Moon and other celestial bodies ⓘ
relatedTo	Liability Convention ⓘ Moon Agreement (limited signatories) ⓘ surface form: Moon Agreement Registration Convention ⓘ Rescue Agreement ⓘ
requires	authorization and continuing supervision of non-governmental space activities by states parties ⓘ due regard to the corresponding interests of all other states parties ⓘ international responsibility of states for national activities in outer space ⓘ prompt assistance to astronauts in distress ⓘ registration of space objects through appropriate channels ⓘ
scope	activities of states in outer space ⓘ exploration and use of outer space ⓘ
shortName	Outer Space Treaty self-link ⓘ
subject	space law ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moon → governingTreaty → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

Outer Space Treaty → fullName → Outer Space Treaty self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 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 → shortName → Outer Space Treaty self-link ⓘ

Moon Agreement (limited signatories) → buildsOn → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

subject surface form: Moon Agreement

Space Race → ledTo → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

Artemis Accords → basedOn → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs → administers → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

UN General Assembly Resolution 2222 (XXI) → relatesToTreaty → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

UN General Assembly Resolution 2222 (XXI) → shortNameOfRelatedTreaty → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

UN General Assembly Resolution 2222 (XXI) → opensForSignature → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

Rescue Agreement → basedOn → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

Rescue Agreement → elaboratesOn → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

Rescue Agreement → relatedTo → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

Liability Convention → relatedTo → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

Registration Convention → complements → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

Registration Convention → relatedTo → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 34/68 → relatedInstrument → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

United States commercial space policy → basedOn → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Outer Space Treaty of 1967

Treaties of the Cold War → includesTreaty → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly resolution 1472 (XIV) → precedes → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space → relatedTo → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects → relatedTo → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

Principles Governing the Use by States of Artificial Earth Satellites for International Direct Television Broadcasting → basedOn → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

Principles Relating to Remote Sensing of the Earth from Outer Space → basedOn → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

Principles Relating to Remote Sensing of the Earth from Outer Space → basedOn → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

Principles Relevant to the Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space → basedOn → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space → relatedTo → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space → topicOfWork → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies

Declaration of Legal Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space → influenced → Outer Space Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies