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Space Safety Regulations and Standards

  • 1st Edition - September 16, 2010
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Joseph N. Pelton, Ram Jakhu
  • Language: English

When international rules and regulations governing space travel were first being developed, only a few countries had any space presence and commercial space activity was… Read more

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Description

When international rules and regulations governing space travel were first being developed, only a few countries had any space presence and commercial space activity was non-existent. Today, over 50 countries have on-orbit satellites and commercial space presence is essential to commercial telecommunications and broadcasting, yet international space law remains in its infancy.Space Safety Regulations and Standards is the definitive book on regulatory initiatives involving space safety, new space safety standards, and safety related to new space technologies under development. More than 30 world experts come together in this book to share their detailed knowledge of regulatory and standard making processes in the area, combining otherwise disparate information into one essential reference and providing case studies to illustrate applications throughout space programs internationally. They address the international regulatory framework that relates to traditional space safety programs as well as the emerging regulatory framework that relates to commercial space programs, space tourism, and efforts to create commercial space station facilities.

Key features

  • Fully endorsed by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) and provides the only definitive reference on regulations and standards for the field of space safety
  • Combines the technical, legal and regulatory information in a clear and integrated reference work suitable for technical professionals, regulators, legal experts, and students in the field
  • Presents a truly global insight from experienced space safety experts worldwide, with representatives from the leading associations, institutions and companies operating in the arena today

Readership

Aerospace engineers in industry, space agencies and consulting firms. Suitable for use as a reference for senior and graduate level courses on space safety. Also useful as a resource for institutional and industrial space safety training

Table of contents

Acknowledgements
Foreword
About the Editors and Authors
Introduction to Space Safety Regulations and Standards

Part 1: Developing and Improving Space Safety Regulations and Standards for Manned and Unmanned Space System

1. NASA Space Safety Standards And Procedures For Human-Rating Requirements

2. U.S. Department Of Defense Launch Safety Standards

3. Space Safety Standards In Europe

4. Space Safety Standards In Japan

5. Russian National Space Safety Standards and Related Laws

6. Space Safety Regulations And Standards In China

7. Space Launch Safety In Australia

8. Certification Of New Experimental Commercial Human Spaceflight Vehicles

Part 2: Safety Regulations and Standards for Unmanned Space Systems

9. Regulatory Procedures And Standards For Launch Range Safety For Manned And Unmanned Launches

10. Commercial Systems Due Diligence In The Application Of Standards And Procedures Designed To Avoid The Creation Of Orbital Debris In GEO

11. Data Sharing To Improve Close Approach Monitoring And Safety Of Flight

12. Space Situational Awareness And Space Traffic Management Standardization

Part 3: Regulating Commercial Space Flight

13. Developing Commercial Human Space Flight Regulations

14. Regulation and Licensing of U.S. Commercial Spaceports

15. Regulations and Licensing at the European Spaceport

16. Accommodating Sub-Orbital Flights Into The EASA Regulatory System

Part 4: International Regulatory and Treaty Issues

17. International Regulation Of Emerging Modes Of Space Transportation

18. An International Code of Conduct For Responsible Space-faring Nations

19. ICAO’s Legal Authority To Regulate Aerospace Vehicles

20. International Launch And Reentry Safety Standards

21. The United Nations and its Efforts to Develop Treaties, Conventions or Guidelines to Address Key Space Issues Including the De-weaponization of Space and Orbital Debris

22. Toward An International Space Station Safety Authority

23. The International Challenges of Regulation of Commercial Space Flight

Part 5: Creating Technical and Regulatory Standards for the Future

24. Regulations For Future Space Traffic Control And Management

25. Spacecraft Survivability Standards: Enhancing Traditional Hazard Control Approaches

26. Safety Guidelines for Space Nuclear Reactor Power And Propulsions Systems

27. Removal Of Hazardous Space Debris

28. International Standards Enhance Interoperability - A Safer Lunar Colony

29. Future Space Safety Technology, Standards And Regulations

Part 6: Conclusions and Next Steps

30. Conclusions and Next Steps

Part 7: Appendices

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 16, 2010
  • Language: English

About the editors

JP

Joseph N. Pelton

Chairman of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) Academic Committee
Affiliations and expertise
Chairman of the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) Academic Committee

RJ

Ram Jakhu

Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Air and Space Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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