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The Significance of a U.N. Guideline for Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities

UN 우주활동 장기 지속가능성(LTS) 가이드라인 채택의 의미

  • Shin, Sangwoo (Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Space policy team)
  • 신상우 (한국항공우주연구원 우주정책팀)
  • Received : 2019.08.23
  • Accepted : 2019.10.15
  • Published : 2019.10.31
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Abstract

The Long-Term Sustainability (LTS) guidelines have attracted the most attention in the recent formation of international norms of behavior regarding outer space activities. The discussion began at the U.N. COPUOS in 2010. In June 2019, the 21 guidelines were finally adopted. The guidelines include international cooperation to promote and support the observation of the situation of orbiting objects, including space debris, for the purpose of preserving the space environment indefinitely, sharing data and forecasts on space weather, and announcing each country's space policy in accordance with international law. Some guidelines have failed to reach a consensus as the mitigation of space debris is often difficult to separate from space weapons tests. As plans for small satellites and Rendezvous and Proximity Operations have been projected for the future, it is expected that each countries' position on preserving the space environment will become more acute.

최근 우주활동의 국제규범 형성에 있어서 가장 주목받은 것은 '우주활동 장기지속가능성(LTS) 가이드라인'이다. 2010년 UN COPUOS(유엔 외기권평화적이용위원회)에서 논의를 시작하여 2019년 6월 마침내 21개 지침이 채택되었다. 채택된 지침은 우주환경의 무기한 보전을 목적으로 우주잔해물을 포함한 궤도상 우주물체의 상황 관측능력을 증진 및 지원하기 위한 국제협력, 우주기상에 관한 유효한 데이터 및 예보 공유, 국제법에 합치한 각국의 우주정책 공표, 국내 제도를 개선해 정부가 우주활동을 적절히 감독하는 것 등을 포함하고 있다. 일부 지침은 우주잔해물 제거가 우주무기 실험과 분리가 곤란한 경우가 많아, 유효한 구별기준을 찾아내지 못하여 각국이 합의에 도달하지 못하였다. 향후 (초)소형위성군과 랑데부및 근접운용 계획 등이 가시화되고 있어 우주환경 보전에 대한 국가간 입장은 더욱 첨예해질 전망이다.

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