Guidelines, Codes of Conduct and Best Practices
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| Title | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| United Nations (UN) | ||
| UNOOSA Long Term Sustainability Guidelines | United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs |  |
| Intergovernmental Organizations | ||
| ESA Zero Debris Charter | European Space Agency |  |
| ESA Space Debris Mitigation Requirements | European Space Agency | |
| ESA Handbook on Space Debris Mitigation Compliance Verification Guidelines | European Space Agency | |
| IADC Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines | Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) | |
| Support to the IADC Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines | Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) | |
| Member States / Space Agencies | ||
| Brazilian Law on Space Activities (Law No. 14,946/2024) | Brazil | |
| Outer Space Act 1986 | UK Legislation | |
| Deregulation Act 2015 | UK Legislation | |
| Space Industry Act 2018 (SIA) | UK Legislation | |
| Space Industry Regulations 2021 | UK Legislation | |
| Spaceflight Activities (Investigations of Spaceflight Accidents) Regulations 2021 | UK Legislation | |
| Space Industry (Appeals) Regulations 2021 | UK Legislation | |
| Regulator’s Licensing Rules | UK Civil Aviation Authority | |
| FCC Order of Reconsideration on Mitigation of Orbital Debris in the New Space Age. January 26th 2024 | US Federal Communications Commission | |
| Mitigation of Orbital Debris in the New Space Age, Second Report and Order, 30 September 2022 | US Federal Communications Commission | |
| Mitigation of Orbital Debris in the New Space Age, Report and Order, 24 April 2020 | US Federal Communications Commission | |
| The United States Federal Communications Commission’ Guidance on Orbital Debris Mitigation for Space Station Licenses and Market Access Requests | US Federal Communications Commission | |
| Approved Space Stations List | US Federal Communications Commission |  |
| US Government Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices (November 2019): | NASA | |
| Process for Limiting Orbital Debris, NASA-STD-8719.14C: | NASA | |
| NASA’s Space Sustainability Strategy – 2024 | NASA | |
| NASA Spacecraft Conjunction Assessment and Collision Avoidance Best Practices Handbook | NASA | |
| Australian Space Act and Space General Rules | Federal Register of Legislation – Australian Government | Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018 |
| Space (Launches and Returns) (General) Rules 2019 | ||
| Loi sur les Opérations Spatiales (LOS) | ANFR – France | |
| Réglementation Technique associée | ANFR – France | |
| Rules Concerning Space Activities and the Establishment of a Registry of Space Objects (Space Activities Act) | Netherlands | |
| Decree of 13 November 2007, containing rules with regard to a registry of information concerning space objects (Space Objects Registry Decree) | Netherlands |  |
| Order of the Minister of Economic Affairs dated 7 February 2008, no. WJZ 7119929, containing rules governing licence applications for the performance of space activities and the registration of space objects | Netherlands | |
| Form for registration of space objects (Annex 1 by article 4 of the ” Regeling aanvraag vergunning ruimtevaartactiviteiten en registratie”) | Netherlands | Order of the Minister of Economi |
| Order of the Minister of Economic Affairs dated 16 April 2010, no. WJZ/10020347, containing amendments to rules governing licence applications for the performance of space activities and the registration of space objects | Netherlands | |
| Decree of 19 January 2015 expanding the scope of the Space Activities Act to include the control of unguided satellites (Unguided Satellites Decree) | Netherlands | |
| Order by the Minister of Economic Affairs of 26 June 2015, no. WJZ/15055654, amending the Space Activities Licence Application and Registration Order, in connection with changes to the application form | Netherlands | |
| International Non-Governmental Organizations | ||
| ISO 16158 – “Avoiding collisions among orbiting objects” | International Standardization Organization (ISO) | |
| ISO 18146 – “Space debris mitigation design and operation manual for spacecraft” | International Standardization Organization (ISO) | |
| ISO 19389 – “Conjunction data message” | International Standardization Organization (ISO) | |
| ISO 23312 – “Detailed space debris mitigation requirements for spacecraft” | International Standardization Organization (ISO) | |
| ISO 24113 – “Space debris mitigation requirements” | International Standardization Organization (ISO) | |
| ISO 24330 – “Rendezvous and Proximity Operations (RPO) and On Orbit Servicing (OOS) Programmatic principles and practices” | International Standardization Organization (ISO) | |
| ISO 26900 – “Orbit data messages” | International Standardization Organization (ISO) | |
| ISO 27852 – “Estimation of orbit lifetime” | International Standardization Organization (ISO) | |
| Private Sector | ||
| GSOA Code of Conduct | Global Satellite Operators Association | |
| Best Practices for the Sustainability of Space Operations | Space Safety Coalition | |
| Satellite Orbital Safety Best Practices | AIAA, Iridium, OneWeb, SpaceX | |
| MEO Post-Mission Disposal Strategy | SES | |
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