Space legal, regulatory and spectrum management issues

Price: 1000 €

Date: November 23, 2022

Duration: 4 hours

Language: English

Lecturer : Frans VON DER DUNK

Prices are VAT excluded

Special Price: Enroll for all 4 modules for 3000 Euros.

General outline

This session will provide our attendees with the fundamentals of international and national regulations to be considered when implementing space projects (module 1).

Based on these principles, they will be driven through the regulatory specifics governing satellite-based communications (module 2) and satellite-based Earth observation systems and services (module 3).

Contents

MODULE 3.1: Introduction to space laws and regulation

International space law

Process for establishing international space laws
Main principles introduced through Outer Space Treaties

National space law

Five building blocks: authorization, supervision of space activities, state indemnification, state liability, registration of space objects
Main disparities between national space regulations

Export control

Generalities
International transfer of military and sensitive goods and technologies with a focus on U.S. regulations

MODULE 3.2: Focusing on satellite communications regulation

International framework

ITU organization, regulatory framework and main principles
Frequency allocation/allotment
Regional coordination
International trade
EU regulatory framework

National regulations

National regulations and conditions to obtain licenses
Processes related to frequency assignment
Terminal equipment regulations

Key current challenges

NGSO mega-constellations
5G

MODULE 3.3: Focusing on satellite Earth observation regulation

International Scale

UN principles relating to remote sensing of the Earth from Outer Space and their legal value
Freedom of investigation in Outer Space
Sovereignty of all States over their own wealth and natural resources
Legitimate rights and governmental interests towards remote sensing principle
Access to collected data

National Scale

Overview of main space powers’ Earth observation policies
National regulations

International trade

Generalities
Export conditions for satellite-based Earth observation systems trade with a specific focus on the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

Duration & Timing

4 hours

Module 3.1: ~60 mn (including Q&As)
Module 3.2: ~90 mn (including Q&As)
Module 3.3: ~90 mn (including Q&As)

Delivery Date

November 23, 2022 (2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. CET)

Prerequisites

This session has been designed as an overview of space laws and regulations for attendees with no legal or regulatory background.

Lecturer

Frans VON DER DUNK, Black Holes (modules 3.1 to 3.3)

Lecturer 

Frans VON DER DUNK

Senior Consultant, Space Law and Policy Expert, Black Holes

Frans Von Der Dunk is the Harvey and Susan Perlman Alumni / Othmer Professor of Space Law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s LL.M. Program on Space and Telecommunication Law. He also is Director of Black Holes BV, a consultancy specialized in space law and policy, based in Leiden. Previously, he was Co-Director, then Director of Space Law Research at the International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University since 1990.

He has written over 120 articles and published papers and was a visiting professor at some 25 different universities across the world on subjects of international and national space law and policy, international air law and public international law.

Pr. Von der Dunk is also Director Public Relations of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Member of the Board of the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL), and Member for the Netherlands in the International Law Association’s (ILA) Committee on Space Law.