Legal Aspects of Governing Principles on Outer Space

Until 1957, the human had recognized three areas: earth, sea and air. After the access of human to outer space, the exploration of its legal system became unavoidable. Considering the new legal scope of outer space, its novel features include the application and two principles of non-allocation and freedom of utilization. The organized space freedoms regulate them in the framework of special principles. Non-defective principles such as outer space freedom, use of outer space for peaceful purposes, freedom of exploration and utilization of outer space for all countries, registration of all space objects, international cooperation in exploration and utilization of outer space are applicable to space activities. At the present, the mentioned principles are governed by the whole international community and are continuously approved by the acts of United Nations and space international treaties. This article is an attempt to seek the legal analysis of the governing principles applicable to the outer space and to address the main question as to whether these principles could draw a special legal framework for the outer space legal system or not?