Dr Filippo Marchetti (Westminster Law School) has been selected by the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) to contribute to the drafting of a technical report on the international law aspects of interplanetary internet.
The project will explore the international legal issues connected with the establishment of communication systems in Earth orbit and around other celestial bodies, including the Moon, with the objective of enabling internet connectivity for human communication and scientific data transfer.
Within the IISL working group, Dr Marchetti will lead the work package examining how existing international law regimes regulate, or fail to regulate, this and similar technologies.
The research is set to begin in January 2026 and will run for 18 months.