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Legal Basis for a National Space Legislation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)
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Legal Basis for a National Space Legislation (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)
Series: Space Regulations Library, 3
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A. GENERAL BACKGROUND "The foremost goal of the international
community in the area [of private space launch services] should be
to induce states to implement effective licensing procedures
applicable to commercial ventures for which state responsibility
may 1 exist. " 1. PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SPACE
INDUSTRY In the first decades of the space age, military and state
security motivations indicated the direction of national space
programs. Now the development of space activities depends
essentially upon the possibility of recovering 2 investments.
Private sector-driven commercial endeavors in outer space have been
increasing exponentially and have experienced a significant
quantitative growth over the last years. Spacefarers promote
commercial participation of private companies in operations related
to outer space, and, thus, the private sector is now increasingly
providing satellite telecommunications, remote sensing, global
positioning and space launch services directly to its customers. In
this context, overall revenues for the worldwide space industry 3
amounted to US$ 82 billion in 2001. In the late 1990's the
transponder demand, in particular Ku- band transponders, was
consistently on the rise due 4 to the escalated utilization of
geostationary satellite transponders. Global positioning systems
have been playing an increasingly important role in navigation, and
remote sensing systems are mapping and documenting nearly 1 E. A.
Frankle & E. J. Steptoe, "Legal Considerations Affecting
Commercial Space Launches From International Territory", (1999) 50
IISL at 10. Emphasis added. 2 H. L.
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