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Here is a run-down on Dark & Quiet Skies activities at the recent UN COPUOS Science & Technology Subcommittee meeting from @iau_cps: cps.iau.org/news/un-meeting-fe

"The discussion included remarks on the need to find balanced solutions, the urgent need for nations to support research on mitigations, considerations on the cultural heritage of the night sky, and the importance of space sustainability discussions within international bodies."

cps.iau.orgUN Meeting Features Satellite Impact on Astronomy - CPSIAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (CPS)

EU Statement at the 62nd Session of the Scientific and Technical Sub-Committee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, 3 February 2025: eeas.europa.eu/delegations/vie

"The EU and its Member States strongly support the rules-based international order, with the United Nations at its core, and a multilateral approach to international affairs."

Includes an appeal to "the universalisation of the Outer Space Treaty for the preservation of a secure, safe, stable and sustainable outer space environment."

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#SpaceAgencies and private companies are planning bases, scientific experiments and mining ⚒️ operations on the #moon 🌙. Whatever the #ArtemisAccords decide, Russia 🇷🇺 and China 🇨🇳 are not about to sign up.
A second effort at lunar governance is emerging at #Copuos*. Its new working group is mulling rules on the extraction of natural resources from celestial bodies theguardian.com/science/2024/m

* unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/cop

The Guardian · Bases, experiments, mining: the race to protect the surface of the moonBy Ian Sample

"The issue of the protection of dark and quiet skies from large satellite constellation interference featured prominently at the 66th meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) which took place in Vienna in early June, although no consensus was reached."

cps.iau.org/news/dark-and-quie

cps.iau.org Dark and Quiet Skies Feature Prominently at UN Meeting - CPS IAU Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (CPS)