Space Traffic Management (STM) – Legal Aspects

• Authors: Małgorzata Polkowska

Abstracts

EN

Space Traffic Management (STM) is a new concept referring to space activities. The highest priority is the safety and security of outer space and all conducted operations. There is no definition of STM. There is an urgent need to regulate STM providing safety and security regulations at the international, regional, and national levels. Because there is no STM definition, the regulator might use the example of existing regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organization on Air Traffic Management (ATM). European EUSST is a good example of being a “precursor” of STM. However, many questions are still open regarding specific regulations needed to create an STM system, such as at which level they should be made: globally, regionally, or nationally.

Keywords

EN

space management; space debris; code of conduct; national legislation; SSA; space policy

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 1 (50)
• Pages: 159-169

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Polkowska

• War Studies Academy

• https://orcid.org/0000000266332222

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/ppsy202103

Biblioteka Nauki

2019085