Full Description
The Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law provides a definitive survey of the transitions and adjustments across the stakeholder community contributing to outer space activities. The interaction between NewSpace, traditional aerospace industrials, and non-traditional space-related technologies is driving market changes which will affect state practice in what has until now been a government dominated market. Greater private commercial participation will lead to new economic approaches to risk-sharing models driven by a space services dominated market. This handbook is a detailed reference source of original articles which analyse and critically evaluate the scope of the current paradigm change, and explain why space contracts and risk apportionment as currently known will change in tune with ongoing market transitions. Reference is made to the scope of best practices across various leading states involved in space activities. With contributions from a selection of highly regarded and leading scholars and practitioners in the Commercial Space Law field, and the inclusion of salient documents, regulatory and contractual documents, the Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners who are interested in the field of Commercial Space Law.
Contents
Figures
Contributors
Foreword
Editor's preface
Introduction
PART I: General framework and boundary conditions
A: Changing institutional roles in space policy
1 Towards a new legal ecosystem for the exploitation of space
2 The EU Regulation for the Space Programme: A new framework
3 Commercial space activities in the US: An overview of the current policy and regulatory framework
B: Fostering NewSpace: Finance models and favourable jurisdictions
4 NewSpace companies: Incorporating and financing operations
5 The Space Protocol of the Cape Town Convention: A tool to promote greater commercialisation and private financing in the space sector
C: The international legal framework for licensing space activities: Innovative examples
6 Canada: Past, current, and future space law and policy perspectives
7 National space law and licensing of commercial space activities in Japan
8 Regulating commercial space activities in Australia and New Zealand
9 Practical experiences with Finland's national space legislation and lessons learned
10 Framework and licensing requirements for space activities in Russia, with a particular focus on the NewSpace sector
11 How China incorporates and fosters commercial space activities by its national space law instruments
12 India: Recent developments in space business and regulation
D: Fostering innovation through competition and public procurement
13 The EU and ESA rules on public procurement
14 Procurement by ESA in times of pandemic crises
15 NewSpace growth through NASA's contractual and other transaction authorities
16 Public-private partnership to promote new entrants to space activities in Japan
PART II: Specific markets
A: Commercial space solutions for earth observation data and space applications
17 Legal considerations for NewSpace companies when selling data (and associated products and services) to the US Government
18 Regulation of commercial Earth observation systems and data
B: Large constellations: Frequencies, registration, and interference
19 A satellite operator's practical experiences with licensing and market barriers for global satellite constellations: The case of OneWeb
20 Registration requirements for satellites and the reality of large constellations: Ensuring a symbiosis of international law requirements and practicability
C: New launchers, small launchers, space ports, and space tourism
21 How can the insurance market provide new and effective solutions to NewSpace technologies and services?
22 Legislating for spaceports, commercial space markets, and space tourism
D: Space mining
23 National and international norms towards the governance of commercial space resource activity
E: Specific aspects of smart contracts and blockchain technology
24 Blockchain and smart contracts in space operations
25 Agile contracts for space projects
PART III: Cross-cutting items and challenges
A: International standards and export control
26 Export control and NewSpace: Reciprocal challenges
B: Active debris removal, on-orbit servicing, and space traffic management
27 Towards space traffic management
28 Future regulatory and licensing trends for active debris removal and on-orbit servicing in the UK and US
29 Legal aspects of ground-based infrastructure for space situational awareness
C: Long-term sustainability and the changing nature of space law (cybersecurity)
30 Space cybersecurity and US law
31 NewSpace and ensuring long-term sustainability of the space environment
32 Ensuring space sustainability through national space legislation
D: Outlook
33 Mission off-world: A technology-enabled vision for reimagining our society on Earth and beyond
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