Legal Aspects Around Satellite Constellations: Volume 2

This book is a sequel to the previous volume and presents a diverse range of timely and valuable contributions on the legal and policy related questions evoked by satellite constellations, including emerging mega-constellations. It insights of legal and policy experts from around the world to help expand the scientific literature in this field.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 211 pages
Publication date: 14 May 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

The eagerly awaited sequel to the preceding volume under the same title, this comprehensive book is dedicated to presenting a diverse array of timely and invaluable contributions on the legal and policy-related issues arising from satellite constellations, particularly in the context of emerging mega-constellations. Given the rapid proliferation of activities in the field of satellite constellations and their pivotal role in supporting and enabling communication, navigation, disaster monitoring, Earth observation, security, and scientific endeavors, the insights of legal and policy experts from across the globe have been compiled in this second volume to contribute to the expansion of scientific literature in this invaluable domain. The topics covered in this book span a wide range, including legal barriers and opportunities for small satellite enterprises to thrive in the emerging space landscape, international cooperation in ensuring compatibility and interoperability of navigation systems, the designation of satellite constellations as critical space infrastructure, an analysis of the paradigm shift that has made the proliferation of small satellite constellations possible over the past decade, and much more.

Weight: 343g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030713874
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021