| Title: | On-orbit servicing : next generation of space activities |
| Authors: | Annette Froehlich, Editor |
| Material Type: | eBook |
| Publisher: | [S.l.] : SpringerWienNewYork, 2020 |
| Series: | Studies in space policy |
| ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-3-030-51558-4 |
| Format: | 1 online resource (vii, 169 p.) / ill. |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | TL915 |
| Subjects: | Astronautics and state ; Space debris--Law and legislation ; Space law ; Space vehicles--Maintenance and repair |
| Keywords: | On-orbit servicing ; Space maintenance |
| Description: | This book shares a range of new and diverse insights on On-Orbit Servicing (OOS), and examines its implications especially from political, legal, economic, and security perspectives. OSS has been evolving rapidly and presents both challenges and opportunities, such as in-space repairs, refueling, refurbishment of spacecraft and servicing satellites, which could play a critical role in extending satellite life cycles, while also representing a valuable next step in debris mitigation. At the same time, many legal questions have arisen in connection with OOS: the need to prevent hostile actions under the pretext of OSS; the distinction between governmental and non-governmental OOS operators; the status of re-worked and recycled space objects; the issue of control in terms of operations performed in orbit, i.e., in the international sphere; the status of objects manufactured in orbit and applicable law, including liability and registration; and the impacts on insurance law and risk management. Finally, the book examines the implications of OOS for emerging space actors in the Global South, and recommends a paradigm shift to help developing countries fully recognise the necessity and urgency of being involved in discussions on OSS, as opposed to leaving it up to the developed space actors |
| Format : | Online |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=11080 |
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