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Who compensates for the loss of life and property due to falling space debris?

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Who compensates for the loss of life and property due to falling space debris? With the advent of private companies, space travel is now on the rise. At the same time, fragments of satellites, spacecraft, and space station debris will fall from the Earth's orbit into space as space debris. Recently, a huge piece of a Chinese satellite weighing 20,000 kg went out of control and fell into the Indian Ocean near the Maldives. Earlier, in May 2020, another Chinese rocket landed uncontrollably on the West African coast. As such accidents increase, so does the risk of damage. After all, is there any compensation for the damage caused by such accidents? Is there any international law in the world that addresses such accidents? The answer is yes. Governments of different countries have ratified and approved such laws by mutual consent. The law includes a provision to protect and compensate for the loss of property caused by space garbage. What is space garbage? Any man-made object in space