This section will feature reading lists to better understand the Indian space program, it’s history, social and developmental scope, it’s geopolitical context, it’s technological achievements, it’s regulatory landscape and more.

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S2 is undertaking in-depth research on areas that have a direct bearing on India’s space policy and legislation. Our goal is to help operationalise space reforms through evidence-based policy making.

Indian Space Policy, 2023

This section, among other things, provides links to ISRO space policy drafts, Space Activities Bill draft, ISRO technology transfer guidelines, ISRO’s areas of research interest, application format for registering an Indian satellite system and ISRO’s quality management approach.

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This section, lists important United Nations Treaties such as the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, the 1968 Rescue Agreement, the 1972 Liability Convention, the 1975 Registration Convention, and the 1979 Moon Agreement.

This section, lists important UN-OOSA links outlining how space applications can benefit humanity, how space assets can help accomplish Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reports published by the Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPOUS), Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space and Outer Space Objects Index.

This section comprises of international debris guidelines, American debris guidelines, European Space Agency’s (ESA) space environment report, NASA cost-benefit analysis of orbital debris remediation, space debris related reports published by International Risk Governance Centre or IRGC (Switzerland) and information about the Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) system created to encourage responsible behaviour by all space actors.

The Artemis Accords are a series of non-binding multilateral agreements between the United States government and other world governments participating in the Artemis Program, an American-led effort to return humans to the Moon by 2025, with the ultimate goal of expanding space exploration to Mars and beyond.