Towards space traffic management

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Towards space traffic management. / Krag, Holger; Smith, Lesley Jane.
Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law. ed. / Lesley Jane Smith; Ingo Baumann; Susan-Gale Wintermuth. Taylor and Francis Inc., 2023. p. 453-466.

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Krag, H & Smith, LJ 2023, Towards space traffic management. in LJ Smith, I Baumann & S-G Wintermuth (eds), Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law. Taylor and Francis Inc., pp. 453-466. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003268475-43

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Krag, H., & Smith, L. J. (2023). Towards space traffic management. In L. J. Smith, I. Baumann, & S.-G. Wintermuth (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law (pp. 453-466). Taylor and Francis Inc.. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003268475-43

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Krag H, Smith LJ. Towards space traffic management. In Smith LJ, Baumann I, Wintermuth SG, editors, Routledge Handbook of Commercial Space Law. Taylor and Francis Inc. 2023. p. 453-466 doi: 10.4324/9781003268475-43

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