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Australian Parliament To Scrutinize Space Treaty for U.S. Launches Down Under

Australian Parliament To Scrutinize Space Treaty for U.S. Launches Down Under
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken look on at the U.S. State Department on October 26, 2023 as Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Kevin Rudd and U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation C.S. Eliot Kang sign the U.S.-Australia Technology Safeguards Agreement (U.S. State Department Photo)

The Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) is to consider the Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA), which would allow U.S. launches from Australia. U.S. and Australian officials signed the agreement last Oct. 26 at the State Department in Washington, D.C. The Australian Space Agency said that the TSA "establishes a binding legal and technical framework for the protection of U.S. space launch technology in Australia to prevent unauthorized access to the technology." The 2021 AUKUS partnership among the U.S.,…

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