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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Space is the physical expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere, governed internationally as a global commons that no state may appropriate by claim of sovereignty.
- What does the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 prohibit?
- Where is the boundary of space conventionally drawn?
- What are the major recent milestones of India's space programme?
- Why is geostationary orbit treated as a finite resource?

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