Further information

Press releases, publications and legal bases, links

Press releases

• Press release of 25 February 2026: Federal Council submits act on space operations: future-oriented framework conditions for Swiss player
• Federal Council launches consultation on new federal act on space operations - Press release of 29 January 2025 (in German, French and Italian)

• Press release of 19 April 2023: Federal Council adopts 2023 Space Policy
• Press release of 16 February 2022: Update of Swiss space policy and development of a national legal framework for space activities
• Press release of 18 December 2020 : Federal Council mandates a review of the legal framework for space activities

Publications and legal bases

• Draft Federal Act on Space Operations (in German)
• Dispatch (in German)
• Public consultation (in German, French and Italian)
• 2023 Space Policy

• Droit spatial national

  Étude portant analyse de différentes législations spatiales nationales, en vue d’une réflexion de lege ferenda gbf Avocats SA, Zurich et Genève

  PDF1.68 MB30 June 2021

• Droit spatial national (deutsche Zusammenfassung)

  Bericht gbf Rechtsanwälte AG

  PDF510.88 kB23 January 2023

• Convention on the Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space (in German, French and Italian) (SR 0.790.3)
• Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects (in German, French and Italian) (SR 0.790.2)
• Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space (in German, French and Italian) (SR 0.790.1)
• Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (in German, French and Italian) (SR 0.790)

Links

• Radio Communication Regulation of 17 November 1995
• Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (in German, French and Italian)
• Constitution of the International Telecommunication Union of 22 December 1992 (in German, French and Italian)
• European Centre for Space Law (ECSL)
• United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UN OOSA)
• State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI