7.4 Liability for Accident by Object in the Outer Space

The Liability Convention 1972's regime (the falling-object's justice): The launching state's liability (the state that launches — or procures the launch — or from whose territory-or-facility the launch occurs: the four-fold definition); The absolute liability for the damage caused by the space object on the surface of the Earth or to aircraft in flight — the no-fault regime (the risk's logic at its purest: the Cosmos 954 lesson — the Soviet satellite's uranium-fuelled debris over Canada (1978): the absolute liability's claim-and-settlement classic); The fault-based liability for the damage caused elsewhere than on the surface (the space-to-space collisions: the negligence's proof in orbit); The liability's caps' absence — the unlimited exposure (the space law's contrast with the aviation's caps); The claims' procedure: the diplomatic route (the state's claim for its nationals); the Claims Commission (the arbitration-like machinery — the rare invocation's practice).