Chronology Sources
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Date |
Source |
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May 26, 1955 |
R. Cargill Hall, "The Evolution of U.S. National Security Space Policy and its Legal Foundations in the 20th Century," Journal of Space Law 33:1 (Summer 2007), 10. |
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May 16, 1956 |
Hall, 13-16. |
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October 4, 1957 |
Paul Stares, The Militarization of Space: U.S. Policy, 1945-1984 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1985), 39; http://www.nytimes.com/partners/aol/special/sputnik/. |
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January 22, 1958 |
Hall, 16-18. |
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June 20, 1958 |
Stephanie Feyock (ed.), Presidential Decisions: NSC Documents (Washington, D.C.: The George C. Marshall Institute, 2006), 21-54. |
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December 13, 1958 |
James Clay Moltz, The Politics of Space Security, (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008), 98; http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/SpaceLaw/gares/html/gares_13_1348.html. |
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December 12, 1959 |
Moltz, 102-3 (Note: date and resolution number in Moltz are incorrect); http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/SpaceLaw/gares/html/gares_14_1472.html. |
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December 17, 1959 |
Feyock, 55-80. |
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January 18, 1961 |
Hall, 18-19. |
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December 20, 1961 |
Moltz, 110, 142; http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/gares/ARES_16_1721E.pdf. |
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May 26, 1962 |
Feyock, 95; |
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July 2, 1962 |
Feyock, 102; http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/kennedyjf/xxv/6025.htm. |
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July 9, 1962 |
Feyock, 97; http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset+Tree/Asset+Viewers/Image+Asset+Viewer.htm?guid=%7BA48C3845-A852-4BE6-ABF4-9E2A142AEFA7%7D&type=Image; Raymond L. Garthoff, “Banning the Bomb in Outer Space,” International Security 5:3 (Winter 1980-1). |
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October 17, 1962 |
Garthoff. |
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June 10, 1963 |
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkamericanuniversityaddress.html |
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June 21, 1963 |
Garthoff. |
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July 25, 1963 |
http://www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/JFK+in+History/Nuclear+Test+Ban+Treaty.htm. |
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August 5, 1963 |
Garthoff. |
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September 19, 1963 |
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October 10, 1963 |
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October 17, 1963 |
Moltz, 141. |
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December 13, 1963 |
http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/SpaceLaw/gares/html/gares_18_1962.html |
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March 3, 1964 |
Hall, 22. |
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August 20, 1964 |
http://www.intelsat.com/about-us/history/intelsat-1960s.asp. |
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September 23, 1965 |
Stares, 101. |
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April 5, 1966 |
Stares, 101-2. |
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June 16, 1966 |
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July 29, 1966 |
Hall, 22-24. |
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July 12 - August 4, 1966 |
Stares, 102. |
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September 15, 1966 |
Stares, 102; Moltz, 149, 150. |
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September 17 - December 7, 1966 |
Stares, 102. |
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December 8, 1966 |
Stares, 102. |
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January 27, 1967 |
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April 25, 1967 |
Stares, 104. |
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July 12, 1967 |
Hall, 24-26. |
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October 10, 1967 |
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April 22, 1968 |
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December 3, 1968 |
http://www.jaxa.jp/library/space_law/chapter_1/1-2-2-7_e.html |
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January 20, 1969 |
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November 17 - December 22, 1969 |
Moltz, 165; http://www.state.gov/t/ac/trt/5191.htm. |
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July 10, 1970 |
Hall, 27-28. |
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July 17, 1970 |
Hall, 28-29. |
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October 25 - 28, 1970 |
Moltz, 165; "Soviet Scientist Hails Apollo Courage and Skill," New York Times, 31 Dec. 1968, quoted in http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4209/ch4-2.htm. |
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November 15, 1971 |
Moltz, 166. |
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March 29, 1972 |
http://www.mcgill.ca/iasl/research/treaties/space_law/liability/ |
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April 6, 1972 |
Moltz, 166. |
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May 26, 1972 |
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August 30, 1972 |
Hall, 29. |
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September 1, 1972 |
http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/SpaceLaw/gares/html/gares_26_2777.html |
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November 12, 1974 |
http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/gares/ARES_29_3235E.pdf; Moltz, 29; http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/SORegister/regist.html |
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July 15, 1975 |
Moltz, 173; http://history.nasa.gov/apollo/apsoyhist.html. |
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July 7, 1976 |
Hall, 30-31. |
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September 15, 1976 |
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January 18, 1977 |
Feyock, 143-5; http://www.ford.utexas.edu/library/document/nsdmnssm/nsdm345a.htm. |
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March 9, 1977 |
Stares, 181. |
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March 28, 1977 |
Stares, 182-3; http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codez/new/policy/prm-23.htm. |
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March 27 - 30, 1977 |
Stares, 181; http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/trvl/ls/13038.htm. |
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March 10, 1978 |
Feyock, p. 153; http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/pddirectives/pd33.pdf |
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May 11, 1978 |
Feyock, p. 155-6; http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/pddirectives/pd37.pdf |
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June 8-16, 1978 |
Paul B. Stares, “Space and U.S. National Security,” in William J. Durch (ed.), National Interests and the Military Use of Space, (Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1984), 40. |
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October 10, 1978 |
Feyock, 163-4; http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.org/documents/pddirectives/pd42.pdf. |
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January 23 - February 19, 1979 |
Stares in Durch, 40. |
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April 23 - June 17, 1979 |
Stares in Durch, 40. |
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November 16, 1979 |
Hall, 42-43. |
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December 18, 1979 |
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August 20, 1981 |
Nandasiri Jasentuliyana, International Space Law and the United Nations, 78; link |
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November 18, 1981 |
Hall, 43-45. |
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July 4, 1982 |
Feyock, 183-4, 192; http://www.fas.org/spp/military/docops/national/nsdd-42.htm. |
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August 6, 1982 |
Hall, 51-52. |
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December 10, 1982 |
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March 23, 1983 |
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/22/documents/starwars.speech. |
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May 16, 1983 |
Hall, 52-54. |
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May 18, 1983 |
http://www.fas.org/rlg/051883TLAW_Draft_Treaty_Limiting_ASAT_Weapns.pdf. |
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August 19, 1983 |
Marietta Benko, Willem De Graaff and Gijsbertha C.M. Reijnen, Space Law in the United Nations, 168; link |
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January 6, 1984 |
Hall, 54-55. |
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March 31, 1984 |
Stares, 233. |
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July 5, 1984 |
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July 11, 1984 |
http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/SpaceLaw/gares/html/gares_34_0068.html. |
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February 25, 1985 |
Hall, 60. |
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March 12, 1985 |
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May 30, 1985 |
Feyock, p. 236-7; http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/offdocs/nsdd172.htm. |
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September 13, 1985 |
Moltz, 202; http://www.astronautix.com/craft/asat.htm. |
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February 4 - April 25, 1986 |
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1309/is_v23/ai_4539742, U.N. Chronicle, August 1986. |
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December 3, 1986 |
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December 27, 1986 |
Hall, 61-62. |
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April 16, 1987 |
http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/mtcr/chron.htm; http://www.mtcr.info/english/partners.html. |
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December 7-10, 1987 |
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January 5, 1988 |
http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/library/policy/national/policy88.htm. |
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November 2, 1989 |
Feyock, 263-6, 272; http://www.fas.org/spp/military/docops/national/nspd1.htm. |
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September 5, 1990 |
Hall, 75. |
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February 11, 1991 |
Hall, 75-76. |
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July 10, 1991 |
Hall, 76-77. |
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March 9, 1992 |
Hall, 77-79. |
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December 14, 1992 |
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January 3, 1993 |
Moltz, 234; http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/start2/index.html. |
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March 9, 1994 |
Hall, 79-81. |
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May 5, 1994 |
Hall, 81-83. |
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August 5, 1994 |
Hall, 83-86. |
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September 14, 1996 |
Hall, 86-92. |
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September 19, 1996 |
Feyock, 345; http://www.fas.org/spp/military/docops/national/nstc-8.htm; http://cndyorks.gn.apc.org/yspace/articles/redstone_asat_test_bed.htm. |
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December 13, 1996 |
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October 17, 1997 |
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October 21, 1997 |
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February 9, 2000 |
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June 4, 2000 |
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December 16, 2000 |
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January 11, 2001 |
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June 6, 2001 |
http://disarmament.un.org/cd/cd-docs2001.html; see link to CD/1645. |
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September 24, 2001 |
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December 14, 2001 |
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/12/13/rec.bush.abm/ |
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June 14, 2002 |
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June 15, 2002 |
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June 28, 2002 |
http://disarmament.un.org/cd/cd-docs2002.html; see link to CD/1679. |
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November 18, 2002 |
http://www.iadc-online.org/docs_pub/IADC_UN_Presentation_40_2003.pdf |
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June 26, 2004 |
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August 26, 2004 |
http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/cd/speeches04/PAROSverif.pdf; http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/cd/speeches04/PAROS2.pdf. |
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September 9, 2004 |
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June 9, 2005 |
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September 15, 2005 |
http://www.unog.ch/__80256ee600585943.nsf/(httpPages)/b8b81436293bcd6ac1256f5600559bf9?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=4#_Section4; see link to CD/1756 |
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December 1-2, 2005 |
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May 22, 2006 |
Moltz, 283. |
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June 14, 2006 |
http://www.unog.ch/__80256ee600585943.nsf/(httpPages)/b8b81436293bcd6ac1256f5600559bf9?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=3#_Section3; see link to CD/1784 |
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January 11, 2007 |
http://celestrak.com/events/asat.asp; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6276543.stm. |
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February 12-23, 2007 |
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May 23, 2007 |
http://armed-services.senate.gov/statemnt/2007/September/Chilton%2009-27-07.pdf. |
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June 6-15, 2007 |
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December 21, 2007 |
Moltz, 299; http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/gares/ARES_62_217E.pdf. |
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February 20, 2008 |
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11704 |
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February 29, 2008 |
http://www.unog.ch/__80256ee600585943.nsf/(httpPages)/b8b81436293bcd6ac1256f5600559bf9?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=1%2C3#_Section1; see link to CD/1839 |
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June 11-20, 2008 |
http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/copuos-wades-the-next-great-space-debate. |
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December 3, 2008 |