GNSS-related activities qualify as ʻspace activities’, and it thus make international space law applicable. However, it is quite reticent to broadly interpret GNSS signals under the term ʻspace object’, due to the lack of material and physical properties. The discussions on whether GNSS damage qualifies as indirect damage, and whether the Liability Convention cover that indirect damage, are irrelevant to the applicability of GNSS damage to the outer space treaties. GNSS damage may apply Article VII of the Outer Space Treaty and the Liability Convention as long as the causal link between the damage and GNSS satellites (not GNSS signals) is unbroken, logical, foreseeable and not too remote under the sense of general international law.

与全球导航卫星系统有关的活动被称为“空间活动”，因此使国际空间法适用。但是，由于缺乏材料和物理特性，因此在术语“空间物体”下广义地解释GNSS信号相当谨慎。关于GNSS损害是否可以视为间接损害以及《责任公约》是否涵盖该间接损害的讨论与GNSS损害对外层空间条约的适用性无关。GNSS损害可以适用《外层空间条约》和《责任公约》第七条，只要损害与GNSS卫星（不是GNSS信号）之间的因果关系在一般国际法意义上是连续的，合乎逻辑的，可预见的且不太遥远。