Integrated Space for African Society - Legal and Policy Implementation of Space in African Countries

This book provides an overview of the space sector in African countries, from a legal and policy point of view, analysing how the African Union's Space Policy and Strategy (ASPS) is implemented and highlighting the various space activities in each country. Against this backdrop, it investigates the ASPS, identifying its policy goals identified and discussing its strategy. Moreover, it explores the on-going regional cooperation programmes, the continent's leading space actors and their roles, and the space-related regional fora and organizations, reflecting on various initiatives, including the African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology for Sustainable Development (ALC), the Regional African Satellite Communications Organisation (RASCOM), and the African Resource Management Satellite Constellation (ARMS-C). As such, it is a valuable source of information on space capacities in African countries.

List of contents

Introduction.- African and space.- Country reports.- Embedding space in society.- Initiatives for embedding space applications in African societies.

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Summary

This book provides an overview of the space sector in African countries, from a legal and policy point of view, analysing how the African Union's Space Policy and Strategy (ASPS) is implemented and highlighting the various space activities in each country. Against this backdrop, it investigates the ASPS, identifying its policy goals identified and discussing its strategy. Moreover, it explores the on-going regional cooperation programmes, the continent's leading space actors and their roles, and the space-related regional fora and organizations, reflecting on various initiatives, including the African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology for Sustainable Development (ALC), the Regional African Satellite Communications Organisation (RASCOM), and the African Resource Management Satellite Constellation (ARMS-C). As such, it is a valuable source of information on space capacities in African countries.

Product details

• Assisted by: Annett Froehlich (Editor), Annette Froehlich (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783030059798
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3005979-8
• No. of pages: 373
• Dimensions: 174 mm x 240 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 728 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 373 p.
• Series: Southern Space Studies; Southern Space Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; B, Political Science, Astronautik (Raumfahrttechnik), International Law, astronautics, Political science & theory, Law and Criminology, Law of the Sea, Aerospace engineering, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Aerospace & aviation technology, Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie