UK and New Zealand agree blueprint for satellite removal and servicing missions

The UK and New Zealand have signed a blueprint for enabling multi-state active debris removal and in-orbit servicing missions. The arrangement, the first of its kind in the world, was signed at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan. It provides a set of principles for allocating liability between different states involved in the different stages of these missions, within the framework of the Liability Convention.   

As the Liability Convention was established in 1967, when most space missions were led by governments, the UK and New Zealand are hoping to reduce barriers for industry to carry out these important mission types. 

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