  Since the 1970's the debate about the rising importance of transnational
relations has existed in international relations. Apart from states, related
research also focuses on other actors, including epistemic communities. The
article uses the concept of epistemic communities and finds whether the
activity of epistemic communities determines the process of the international
management of outer space in the case of the political negotiations relating to
space debris in UNCOPUOS and UNOOSA. The activity of epistemic communities
exists in the political negotiations relating to space debris in UNCOPUOS and
UNOOSA, but it has not been reflected in the related scholarly literature.
Epistemic communities from the non-governmental organizations IAF, COSPAR and
IISL contributed to setting the space debris problem on the agenda of UNCOPUOS.
Also, under the influence of epistemic communities from the governmental
organization IADC, UNCOPUOS adopted guidelines preventing the creation of
further amounts of space debris.
