Rescue and Return Agreement 1968 (ARRA)

Question 1

Elaboration on which Article of the OST?

Answer 1

Article V

Question 2

Prompted by…

Answer 2

humanitarian sentiment

Question 3

Article 1

Answer 3

All parties must report known spacecraft personnel in distress/emergency circumstances
Must notify Launching Authority, UN, and make a public announcement.

Question 4

Article 2

Answer 4

Launching authority must cooperate with Contracting Party (if help is required)

Question 5

Article 3

Answer 5

If personnel of a spacecraft are discovered in an area free of jurisdiction, Contracting parties in position to do so must extend assistance in search and rescue operations.
Shall inform launching authority and UN of steps they are taking and their progress

Question 6

Article 4

Answer 6

Spacecraft personnel must be safely and promptly returned to launching authority

Question 7

Article 5

Answer 7

Duty to report discovered space objects to UN and launching authority
Duty to recover and return the space objects of another party upon request

Launching authority may assist upon request of Contracting Party
Launching authority to reimburse recovery costs

Question 8

What is not specified?

Answer 8

Type of accident which spacecraft personnel might have suffered
Conditions of distress they must have experienced
Kind of emergency landing made