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This work has two themes: how does an entrepreneur orbit a spacecraft legally; and once in orbit, what legal risks need to be managed? The book explains the practical hurdles entrepreneurs must leap and discusses operating concerns.
List of contents
Part 1 Preliminaries: introduction; satellite basics. Part 2 Acquiring orbit/frequency spectrum: international telecommunications union; regulation by national administrations. Part 3 Launching satellites: compliance with export restrictions; satisfying indemnity and insurance requirements; contracting for the purchase, launch and lease of a satellite. Part 4 Competition in satellite operations: global satellite service; competing with global systems; competition and free trade concerns. Part 5 Satellite operations - DBS: international law; DBS and freedom of information; DBS and global constitutions; DBS and the first amendment to the US constitution. Part 6 Satellite operations - remote sensing: remote sensing basics; remote sensing resolution 41/65; national remote sensing systems; remote sensing - news gathering. Part 7 Satellite operations - military uses: the legality of the military use of space. Part 8 Responsibility and liability principles: looking back - looking ahead; international responsibility and liability; developing an approach.
