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I'm curious about laws in this case. Is there 'jurisdiction' in space? Or is it just whoever is there can decide what they want to do.

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The legal framework for space is primarily laid out in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

Article VI is most relevant to your question; here's a law review article summarizing some of the issues: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1...

I am not a lawyer; but the saying is something like... "possession is nine tenths of the law". This is much easier right now since currently JAXA possesses the un-deployed satellite.

I checked the article to reach that conclusion too, I was actually hoping it was more like space piracy where they captured the satellite and took it onboard. that would have been really fascinating!

Myanmar: That's not your satellite.

Japan: That's not your government.

there are no juridictions outside (most) lands. these kind of issues are generally setteled by international treaties if possible, or else arbitration courts

It's a diplomatic situation. The countries will have to negotiate the use of the equipment. I can completely understand the Japanese University not wanting the equipment to be used to further a genocide.

What if they go ahead an launch it, but accidently miscalculate the orbit so it encounters a premature re-entry?

Everybody would know what they did. They could just as well toss it out right now. People are not stupid.

We spent moeny to send a lawn dart to Mars because feet/meters were confused by some very smart people with lots and lots of oversight. Mistakes happen. Some are more expensive to learn and more embarassing than others. Malice is not required.

The genocide started in 2017. The Junta sized power in 2021.

Yup, and do you think that the persecution has stopped? The genocide which started in 2017 began with the military. That military has just overthrown their government (which itself denied the genocide).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide

>do you think that the persecution has stopped?

No I don't. What's your point?

If aiding genocide was a concern Japan would have stopped development of the satellite at any point during the last 5 years.

The Myanmar military could pretty much do what it wanted in terms of military activities, but while Myanmar had an elected civilian government it was arguably reasonable to accept assurances that a civilian education institution was free of military interference. However now that this institution is controlled and run by a military government that is clearly not a reasonable assumption.

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