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On increasing commercial space operations and global integrated airspace safety governance
The legal regimes for air and space law are rooted in times when advanced air and space technology and operations did not ex-ist. There is a discernible lack of legal certainty around determining which regime...Show moreAdvanced space technology has brought what we long thought were rather quite remote issues to our daily lives. The experience of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic also confirmed that commu-nication technology is more critical than ever, with space commerce playing a crucial role in our collective future. An increasing number of commercial space companies, national research institutions and developers of advanced spacecraft technology have introduced reus-able spacecraft and decreased the cost of space launches, giving way to a booming space industry. In turn, space is becoming increas-ingly crowded, with more traffic than ever and debris issues that impact civil aviation safety as space operations are integrated into national airspace: the “integrated airspace.”
The legal regimes for air and space law are rooted in times when advanced air and space technology and operations did not ex-ist. There is a discernible lack of legal certainty around determining which regime should apply in the integrated airspace: air law or space law? Are existing legal regimes for air and space activities compatible with air and space market developments? Or should a new global legal regime be established to address integrated air-space safety, security and traffic management standards?
This article explores the growing interaction between air and space operations and the impact of increasing commercial space ac-tivities on civil aviation safety in integrated airspace. The article argues that the current international regulatory framework for those space commercial activities that overlap with aviation opera-tions is insufficient and posits that an integrated governance sys-tem with harmonized air and space operations standards is becom-ing increasingly necessary. Finally, the article discusses the pro-spect of establishing a collaborative regulatory safety management system that would serve air and space industries in balance for in-tegrated air and space activities within the auspices of the Interna-tional Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
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- Özgür, N.; Truxal, S.J.
- Date
- 2024-06-21
- Journal
- Journal of Space Law
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 1 (for 2023)
- Pages
- 1 - 35