 ... sovereignty only in the airspace over national territory, and, hence, do not apply, in terms, to outer space. The only generally accepted international flight agreement is the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation (1944), to which the...  Survey of Space Law: Staff Report - Page 9by United States. Congress House Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration - 1959 - 60 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Space and Astronautics - 1958 - 980 pages
...International Civil Aviation (1944), to which the United States is a party, although the Soviet Union is not. The Chicago convention provides that "every state...jurisdiction over the airspace above its territory." Similar language is used in the domestic legislation of many countries, including both the United States... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics - 1959 - 132 pages
...that convention said, I think it may be helpful, although I believe many of you know this. Article I of the Chicago Convention provides that every state...jurisdiction over the airspace above its territory. But the convention contains no definition of the term "airspace" or of any equivalent term such as... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Space and Astronautics - 1959 - 612 pages
...International Civil Aviation (1944), to which the United States is a party, although the Soviet Union is not. The Chicago convention provides that "every state...jurisdiction over the airspace above its territory." Similar language is used in the domestic legislation of many countries, including both the United States... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Aeronautical and Space Sciences - 1962 - 1348 pages
...Convention on International Civil Aviation, known as the Chicago Convention of 1944, which provided that "every state has complete and exclusive jurisdiction over the airspace above its territory." Neither convention defined the meaning of airspace. The Soviet Government did not participate in either... | |
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