# @unoosa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DGvbNj5NEEw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35584166-unoosa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/395f9817f7.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-03-03T14:45:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UNOOSA (@unoosa) — https://gondola.cc/unoosa

## Caption

☄️What goes up, sometimes comes down. Millions of pieces of space debris orbit Earth... Ever wondered what happens when debris re-enters the Earth's atmosphere? What if it crashes near you?
 
Swipe through and learn about:
 
🚀 What space debris is
⚖️ The importance of international space law, negotiated by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (#COPUOS), in determining who could be liable when debris falls to Earth
🌐 How #UNOOSA, through its work on #spacelaw and #spacesustainability, supports countries in addressing these challenges
 
📚 Want to dive deeper? Here’s some bedtime reading:
 
1️⃣ UNOOSA’s Treaty Booklet on International Space Law: https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties.html
 
2️⃣ Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines, agreed by COPUOS in 2007: https://www.unoosa.org/pdf/publications/st_space_49E.pdf
 
3️⃣ The Guidelines for the Long-term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities (#LTSGuidelines), agreed by COPUOS in 2019: https://www.unoosa.org/documents/pdf/PromotingSpaceSustainability/Publication_Final_English_June2021.pdf

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## Tags

copuos, spacesustainability, ltsguidelines, unoosa, spacelaw

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