Foreword |
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Executive summary |
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Acknowledgements |
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List of figures and tables |
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Introduction |
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1.1 Need for international safety regulations for commercial space activities |
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1.1.2 Widening access to space and its economic significance |
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4 | (8) |
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1.1.3 Safety Risk of Space Missions |
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12 | (2) |
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1.1.4 Challenges for regulatory regimes and bodies |
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14 | (7) |
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Chapter 2 Legal and regulatory regimes |
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2.1 Current space regulations and standards |
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2.1.1 Legal and regulatory framework |
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21 | (12) |
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2.1.2 Existing International Space Safety Standards |
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33 | (6) |
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2.2 Existing international civil regulatory frameworks, other activities or environments |
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39 | (10) |
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2.2.1 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
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40 | (3) |
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2.2.2 International Telecommunication Union (ITU) |
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43 | (2) |
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2.2.3 International Maritime Organization (IMO) |
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45 | (1) |
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2.2.4 Other sources of international law |
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46 | (3) |
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2.3 Transition from air law and space law to aerospace law |
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49 | (22) |
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49 | (1) |
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2.3.2 Space law conventions |
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2.3.3 Boundary between airspace and outer space |
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2.3.4 Need for a unified legal regime |
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3.1.1 Launch site processing and ground safety |
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3.1.2 Flight hardware, ground support equipment, and COTS |
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74 | (5) |
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3.4 Orbital safety issues |
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3.4.2 Collision risk with orbital debris |
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3.4.3 Collision risk to human spaceflight |
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3.4.4 Orbital debris ground risk |
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3.5 Returning vehicles risk |
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3.5.1 Risk to people on the ground |
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3.5.2 Risk to people in aircraft |
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3.6 Saving lives in space missions |
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3.6.1 Extending international search and rescue |
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3.6.3 Orbital safety and rescue |
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3.6.4 Ionizing radiation risk for human spaceflight |
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Chapter 4 Need for international space safety regulations |
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4.1 Need for international regulation of STM, space tourism & space debris |
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4.1.1 Commonality or un-commonality of ground standards |
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103 | (1) |
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4.1.2 Comprehensive regulatory approach to space traffic management |
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4.1.3 International regulation of aerospace vehicles for space tourism |
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4.1.4 International regulation of orbital debris |
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Chapter 5 Proposal for a new regulatory regime |
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5.1 ICAO for near-space safety? |
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5.1.2 Management of space-bound traffic through international airspace |
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5.1.3 Integration of aviation and space infrastructure |
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122 | (1) |
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5.1.4 Integrated terrestrial and space weather forecasts |
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123 | (1) |
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5.1.5 ICAO for an improved international space safety culture |
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124 | (2) |
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5.2 Proposal for a new regulatory regime |
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126 | (15) |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (1) |
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5.2.3 Space safety oversight operating model |
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128 | (3) |
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5.2.4 ICAO for space organization |
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5.2.5 General description of the safety certification process |
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137 | (1) |
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5.2.6 Suggested ICAO for space regulatory implementation |
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Appendix A Relevant excerpts of the ITU constitution and convention |
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Appendix B Relevant excerpts of the convention on international civil aviation (Signed at Chicago, on 7 December 1944) - Chicago convention |
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Appendix C Model code of conduct for space-faring nations |
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About the editors |
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