The Liability Convention Explained: Who Pays When Space Objects Cause Damage
The Liability Convention explained: who is a launching State, absolute versus fault liability, how claims work, and the Cosmos 954 case that…
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Insurance
UK Space Law Explained: How the CAA Licenses Satellites and Launches, and What Changes on 1 December
UK space law explained: the Outer Space Act and Space Industry Act, CAA licences, liability caps, and the new liability tiers from…
Cross Waivers, MPL and Indemnification: How Launch Contracts Allocate Catastrophe
Everyone bears their own losses regardless of fault. Above that sit three tiers of third party protection, one of which has never…
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Space Insurance Explained: How a $650 Million Market Prices Risk in Orbit
One bad year in 2023 wiped out several good ones and pushed the five year margin negative for the first time since 2001. What that means…