space activities, space debris, outer space, Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee, legal status, legal liability

The article has covered a legal essence of a plan as a legal tool for developing space industries in the USA and Ukraine. The article has concluded that the plan is an objective occurrence because none of the successful space projects was implemented without it. The conclusion has been made that more effective plans are those which have the major task. Such specialized plans are the priority in the USA. Whereas complex plans for the development of the space industry are prevailing in Ukraine. They have shown their low efficacy. The form of a plan’s approval does not mean much for its effective execution. The article suggests applying space planning for the program of missile system of double duty in Ukraine. This program should be implemented upon the principals of competition and equality of all forms of ownership.