New Delhi, April 12 -- Anupam Ray, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the Conference on Disarmament while speaking at the 9th Carnegie Global Tech Summit on the theme, 'Guardians of Galaxy: Space Security Norms and Partnerships', said that the Outer Space Treaty (OST) is a peculiar one.

Ray explained that today, after the civilian use of space emerged, the OST faces challenges in the regulatory domain.

"The cost of space launch has come down by 90%. Satellites today are small satellites, and you have constellations," he said.

"It creates a regulatory challenge that the OST is inadequate to tackle. Since the origins of the space stations, even the Indian one, are essentially military in nature. So, the OST is a peculiar...