[JumpCrisscross]

> a more formal body will have to be introduced as the satellite count triples soon

This is the ITU [1]. Its rules say countries are responsible for satellites (a) built by their companies and, to a more limited degree, citizens and (b) launched by their rockets.

India was supposed to check the satellite's clearance with the American government. If this satellite had caused any damage, the company, the U.S. government and the Indian government would have been jointly liable.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Telecommunicatio...

[tyldum]

To complicate matters, the satellite was inside a cluster launcher from NanoRacks and not a direct payload.