https://www.scmp.com/rss/511639/feed Jinyuan Su is a professor at Wuhan University Institute of International Law, and lead expert of air and space law at Wuhan University Academy of International Law and Global Governance, China. His research interests lie in international space law, international air law, and the law of the sea. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China’s Tiangong space station had to implement “preventive collision avoidance controls” on July 1 and October 21 last year to avoid two Starlink satellites, according to a diplomatic note from China to the UN secretary general on December 3. Starlink is operated by SpaceX, owned by Elon Musk. In the note, China detailed the two incidents and asked the secretary general to circulate the information to all parties to the Outer Space Treaty and bring to their attention the obligations under... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3162211/us-china-row-over-elon-musks-starlink-satellites-shows-need-space?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3162211/us-china-row-over-elon-musks-starlink-satellites-shows-need-space?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:30:23 +0000