session 4

Title

Space Traffic Management: From Space Situational Awareness and Space Surveillance and Tracking to developing Rules of the Road

Description

Space is becoming a congested environment and the ever increasing amount of active space objects and space debris are already having implications on the safety and sustainability of future space activities. Developing effective mechanisms that will allow safe navigation in outer space is indispensable for the successful conduct of space activities in the future. This session welcomes contributions that look into the legal aspects of setting up an effective regulatory body or mechanism tasked with establishing, maintaining and enforcing space traffic management for outer space activities. The insights and analysis of the content of the rules of the road, the institutional structure, national and international responsibilities, as well as the contribution from the commercial space industry will be a basis for an interesting and useful discussion and exchange of views.

Date

2019-10-23

Time

14:45

Room

152A

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Dr. Diane Howard, International Institute of Space Law (IISL), United States;

• Co-Chair: Mr. Alexander Soucek, Austrian Space Forum, Austria;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Olga Stelmakh-Drescher, International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Germany;