Space law required that the space junk be returned to its national owner, but the Soviets denied knowledge or ownership of the satellite.
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Fasan was a practicing attorney when in 1958 he helped to establish the Permanent Committee on Space Law of the International Astronautical Federation.
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Current space law retains ownership of all satellites with their original operators, even debris or spacecraft which are defunct or threaten active missions.
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Forster takes advantage of a loophole in space law and claims salvage rights to Jupiter V in the name of the World Science Organization.
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He founded the campus-based Journal of Space Law, the only periodical devoted exclusively to that subject, and remained on its board after reaching emeritus status.
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The majority of space laws that exist today are concerned with international treaties established to maintain peace and use space only for cooperative, scientific purposes.
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Latest achievements include being the first Indian team to win the 2014 International Criminal Court Moot and the 23rd Manfred Lachs International Space Law Moot.
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The inception of the field of space law began with the launch of the world's first artificial satellite by the Soviet Union in October 1957.
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That year he joined the Mississippi faculty as director of the graduate law program and helped turn Mississippi into an international center for space law studies.
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He received distinguished service awards from the American Astronomical Society and from the International Institute of Space Law, of which he was a past vice president.
