Legal Issues of Space Traffic Management
The current amount of 10.000 man-made space objects larger than 10 cm including approx. 650 spacecraft and the fact that the number of launches as well as the number of actors (governmental as well as non-governmental) are growing lead to the expectation of a growing number of space debris in the future. This makes space traffic management necessary which may limit the present enjoyment of the freedoms of outer space: In the IAA Cosmic study of 2010 Space Traffic Management is defined as “the set of technical and regulatory provisions for promoting safe access into outer space, operations in outer space and return from space to Earth free of physical or radio-frequency interference”. Speakers in this session are invited to highlight legal problems and present proposals for the frame of the legal regime for space traffic management.
2015-10-14
Co-Chair: Dr. Olga Volynskaya, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia;
Co-Chair: Dr. Jana Robinson, The Prague Security Studies Institute, Czech Republic;
Rapporteur: Ms. Deepika Jeyakodi, The Netherlands;
Order | Time | Paper title | Selection result | Mode | Presentation status | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | accepted | 15' | confirmed | Mrs. Jana Robinson | The Prague Security Studies Institute | Czech Republic | ||
2 | space traffic management: a challenge of cosmic proportions? | accepted | 15' | confirmed | Prof. Frans von der Dunk | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | The Netherlands | |
3 | Space Traffic Management Regime Needs and Organizational Options | accepted | 15' | confirmed | Mr. James Rendleman | United States | ||
4 | Space Traffic Management and the United States Data Sharing Environment | accepted | 15' | confirmed | Mr. PJ Blount | LL.M. in Air and Space Law | United States | |
5 | accepted | 15' | confirmed | Mr. Alexander Soucek | European Space Agency (ESA/ESRIN) | Italy | ||
6 | Looking into the future: The case for an integrated aerospace traffic management | accepted | 15' | confirmed | Dr. Michail Chatzipanagiotis | Greece | ||
7 | the cascade effect: space debris’ in-orbit collisions and international liability | accepted | 15' | withdrawn | Dr. OLAVO DE OLIVEIRA BITTENCOURT NETO | Catholic University of Santos | Brazil | |
8 | The civilian and military coooperation in the regulation of airspace: a model for national space law | accepted | 15' | withdrawn | Mr. Phetole Sekhula | SACSA | South Africa | |
9 | accepted | 15' | confirmed | Prof. Hatsuru Morita | Tohoku University | Japan | ||
10 | accepted | 15' | confirmed | Prof. Lesley Jane Smith | Leuphana University of Lüneburg/Weber-Steinhaus & Smith | Germany | ||
11 | accepted | 15' | confirmed | Ms. Elina Morozova | Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications | Russian Federation | ||
12 | The liability of a civil GNSS operator under the domestic law: case studies | accepted | 15' | confirmed | Prof. Hatsuru Morita | Tohoku University | Japan | |
13 | Application of the French Space Operation Act for the Ariane 5 ES Galileo mission and operations | accepted | 15' | withdrawn | Mr. Nicolas Verstappen | France | ||
14 | accepted | 15' | confirmed | Mr. Nathan Johnson | University of Nebraska, College of Law | United States |