Legal dimensions and the Russian government's approach to Starlink's support to Ukraine

Abstract

Since its inception, international law has always faced different challenges, and in space law, since the start of SpaceX (Starlink), the advances and support that the American government has given to this company, many challenges have arisen in This has been the field. But this research aims to answer the question, what is the approach of international law in the participation of Starlink satellites in the war between Russia and Ukraine? It seems that international law believes that this company has adopted dual military and civilian policies, therefore, by examining the rules of international law and Starlink's actions in this war, it has reached the results that It shows that, except for a few international treaties, the most important of which is the Treaty on the Use of Outer Space in 1967, the legal status of space objects passing through the air territory under the sovereignty of other states has not been clearly defined in any way, and there are many legal controversies in this field. , that the lack of an international treaty parallel to the developments in this field is strongly felt in the discussion of Starlink's support for Ukraine, and this vacuum of treaties can be added to issues such as space debris, government responsibility, space insurance, etc. The title of the challenges of this field is to provide the grounds of World War III in space