Geostationary Belt – State’s Territory or Province of Mankind?

• Authors: Kopeć Rafał
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The geostationary orbit is a special area in outer space. Because of its distinctive characteristics, it has constantly been the subject of economic and political desirability. Space powers, taking advantage of their technological superiority and rules applied by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) retained a privileged position. Developing countries, responding to this state of affairs, have taken a number of measures to improve their positions. Some of them posed a challenge to the main regulation of space law (Bogota declaration was an attempt to exercise a national sovereignty over the segments of the geostationary orbit), some are based on the use of the legal gaps in ITU regulations. Given these circumstances, the specific case of geostationary belt contributes to the debate on the regulations governing space exploration.

Keywords

EN

Geostationary orbit; paper satellites; orbital slots; Bogota declaration

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego
• Journal: Przegląd Narodowościowy – Review of Nationalities
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 8
• Pages: 167-178

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Kopeć Rafał

• Pedagogical University of Cracow, Kraków, Poland

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