The Biden administration wants other nations to follow suit after it pledged not to conduct destructive anti-satellite missile tests in space.
The administration wants to establish a good precedent for responsible behavior in space, according to the announcement made by the Vice President today.
The International Space Station had to move out of the way after a Russian anti-satellite test in November of 2021. A Russian satellite was hit by debris six years after a Chinese anti-satellite test, which is not the first such incident.
The Office of the Vice President said in an email on Monday that the long-lived debris created by these tests now threaten satellites and other space objects that are vital to all nations.
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Harris has spoken before about testing. She chairs the National Space Council and noted at the December meeting that activity in space is growing and that action must be taken to reduce space debris effects.
Harris said at the NSC meeting that there was a real risk of threats to our national and global security without clear guidelines for the responsible use of space.
We must establish and expand rules on safety and security, on transparency and cooperation to include military, commercial and civil space activity.
The U.S. Space Priorities Framework was launched by the Biden administration in December.
As part of bolstering space mission assurance, the United States will leverage new commercial space capabilities and services to meet national security requirements.
The Artemis Accords, a set of international agreements concerning the United States, are one of the ways in which the administration engages diplomatically. In March, Romania became the 16th country to join the NASA-led effort for peaceful moon and space exploration.
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