Abstract:
The problems of pollution of the outer space environment are relatively contemporary,
and it is difficult to enact fixed legal rules for it, at least for the time being. The issue with the
outer space environment, which the international treaties addressed in their long discussions
regarding sea pollution or air pollution, is governed by activities done by neighboring States
as converging issues that can be measured when treating outer space pollution for its legal
characterization and how to compensate for such damages. Although space or air space is not
legally specified, it is possible to distinguish between the two areas based on their respective
activities. For the reason that space activities have been the focus of human activities in
outer space, states, in accordance with the principle of the free use of outer space, States
have exploited the natural resources available in the outer space environment in the area
of communications or remote sensing and others, to meet their needs and to achieve their
ambition. This paper discusses the issue of compensation and related issues, pollution of the
outer space environment and the grounds for compensation in accordance with the rules of
international law.
