TY - CHAP

T1 - REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SATELLITES AND THE REALITY OF LARGE CONSTELLATIONS

T2 - Ensuring a symbiosis of international law requirements and practicability

AU - Schmidt-Tedd, Bernhard

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 selection and editorial matter, Lesley Jane Smith, Ingo Baumann, and Susan-Gale Wintermuth; individual chapters, the contributors.

PY - 2023/7/31

Y1 - 2023/7/31

N2 - The present registration practice of space objects has not kept pace with the growing number of large constellations and increasingly complex multi-cluster launches. In the past, launch campaigns were relatively simple and transparent: A launch service provider (governmental or non-governmental) launched its own or a foreign payload (space object). The situation had become increasingly complex with multi-cluster launch events, where a multitude of participants of different countries is involved, and with the launch of constellations, where the set-up is broken up into a sequence of different launch events. The registration practice should be adapted to these new realities, without abandoning the basic principles of the registration system. The chapter outlines the essential principles of the current registration system, and proposes a way forward how to adapt the registration practice. This includes an active contribution by the project management of the non-governmental actors involved.

AB - The present registration practice of space objects has not kept pace with the growing number of large constellations and increasingly complex multi-cluster launches. In the past, launch campaigns were relatively simple and transparent: A launch service provider (governmental or non-governmental) launched its own or a foreign payload (space object). The situation had become increasingly complex with multi-cluster launch events, where a multitude of participants of different countries is involved, and with the launch of constellations, where the set-up is broken up into a sequence of different launch events. The registration practice should be adapted to these new realities, without abandoning the basic principles of the registration system. The chapter outlines the essential principles of the current registration system, and proposes a way forward how to adapt the registration practice. This includes an active contribution by the project management of the non-governmental actors involved.

KW - Law

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U2 - 10.4324/9781003268475-30

DO - 10.4324/9781003268475-30

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85165372278

SN - 9781032100746

SP - 331

EP - 342

BT - Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law

A2 - Smith, Lesley Jane

A2 - Baumann, Ingo

A2 - Wintermuth, Susan-Gale

PB - Taylor and Francis Inc.

ER -