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Access to space technology has changed dramatically in the past 10
years. Traditionally, access to space capabilities required
dedicated receivers and significant investment. With the advent of
new information technologies that incorporate and disseminate the
benefits of space directly to users, access to space technology is
no longer so exclusive. As the seamless delivery of space
capabilities, from navigation and position to data flows, makes it
difficult to distinguish space capabilities from other information
infrastructures, legal structures developed to govern space
technologies are being forced into contact with a variety of other
legal structures. Legal questions abound as new markets, innovative
technologies, and increased data access emerge, and the lex
specialis of space accommodates these trends. This book
investigates how traditional space law is developing as space
technology enters the daily lives of individuals everywhere.
Progress in exploration and exploitation of outer space is
proceeding rapidly, resulting in new space telecommunication
services, innovative use of the constellation of satellite and new
methods of prolonging the life of those satellites. In response,
this book offers an analysis of outer space activities and the
resulting legal implications. It offers a dual perspective. Firstly
it looks at developments in international law, such as the
regulation of non-GEO constellations, on-orbit services and in the
field of space mining. Secondly, the book explores the developments
on the African continent. Specifically it examines the growing need
of space services in the area of mobile communications via
satellites, internet access, Earth observations, disaster
management, and navigation. This is an important contribution to
one of the most exciting and fast moving fields in law today.
The publication Ownership of Satellites written under the
editorship of professor Mahulena Hofmann and Dr. Andreas Loukakis
from Luxembourg by a group of prominent international authors from
the academia and practice of the law of space activities, deals
with one of the imminent problems of the law of outer space - the
ownership of satellites and its transfer. The reason for opening
the discussion on this subject is the fact that on the one hand,
the main legal problems remain - only the launching State can
register a space object and only the launching state is liable for
damages caused by the satellite, and on the other hand the
emergence of several new phenomena, such as condominium of
satellites or the exponential existence of small satellites.
Furthermore, the relation between the registration of space objects
under UN framework and the assignment of frequencies is practically
unknown to non-internals. This situation contributed to the wish to
analyze this issue not only from the perspective of international
law of outer space, but also from the perspective of
telecommunication law and European Union law, offering insights to
the current practice. The publication is a contribution to the
theoretical discussions on the law of outer space, but can serve as
an important tool used by the lawyers, including those from the
financial and insurance sectors.
This collection analyses the regulatory aspects of harmful
interference faced by those entities operating space communication
and broadcasting. While technology reacts to this international
phenomenon with the development of continuously improving
technological systems for preventing and combating harmful
interference, its international regulatory and legal framework
develops at a much slower pace. Issues discussed include the
increasing deterioration of signals from broadcasting and
communication satellites, including cases of intentional
interference known as `jamming'; the human rights balance between
freedom of expression and protection from hate speech; the efficacy
of the current regulatory system and the legal consequences of
non-compliance; the role of national authorities, and supranational
bodies such as the EU and UN. The contributors include experts
drawn from international and national academia, the ITU, national
regulatory authorities and operators to present an international,
multidimensional, and critical analysis of this complex phenomenon.
Which dispute settlement mechanisms are available in the area of
space communication? Their choice is clearly determined by the
legal character of those who are parties in the dispute - States,
international intergovernmental organisations, private entities or
even individuals. In this study the analysis of various dispute
settlement mechanisms demonstrates that not all existing mechanisms
are equally capable of serving this purpose. It appears that the
parties to a dispute often prefer to search for a consensus and an
arbitration procedure prior to taking part in international
adjudication. The cases where formalised international courts are
involved in this area have been relatively rare. Space
communication disputes may often be similar to investment disputes;
the decisive factors of this similarity are the high costs of
investment, its international character, the necessity to maintain
working relationships with the opposing party of the dispute after
the conclusion of the dispute, the difficult technical background
to the cases, little trust in court procedures, low indemnification
and the fear of non-implementation of court decisions. As a
consequence, it can be expected that mediation, negotiation and
arbitration, but also alternative dispute settlement mechanisms
will remain the main mechanisms of dispute settlement in the area
of space communication in the near future.
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