Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration & Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon & Other Celestial Bodies. Bureau of Arms Control, Verification & Compliance.
Signed at Washington, London, Moscow, January 27, 1967
Entered into force October 10, 1967
The Outer Space Treaty, as it is known, was the second of the so-called "nonarmament" treaties; its concepts and some of its provisions were modeled on its predecessor, the Antarctic Treaty. Like that Treaty it sought to prevent "a new form of colonial competition" and the possible damage that self-seeking exploitation might cause.
In early 1957, even before the launching of Sputnik in October, developments in rocketry led the United States to propose international verification of the testing of space objects. The development of an inspection system for outer space was part of a Western proposal for partial disarmament put forward in August 1957.
The Soviet Union, however, which was in the midst of testing its first ICBM and was about to orbit its first Earth satellite, did not accept these proposals.
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