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SPRINGER BRIEFS IN SPACE DEVELOPMENT Ram S. Jakhu Joseph N. Pelton Small Satellites and Their Regulation 123 SpringerBriefs in Space Development Guest Editors: Martin Sweeting, Yaw Nyampong, Peter Marshall For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/10058 Ram S. Jakhu (cid:129) Joseph N. Pelton Small Satellites and Their Regulation Ram S. Jakhu Joseph N. Pelton McGill University Faculty Law Arlington , USA Montreal , QC , Canada ISSN 2191-8171 ISSN 2191-818X (electronic) ISBN 978-1-4614-9422-5 ISBN 978-1-4614-9423-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-9423-2 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013952920 © Springer New York 2014 This work is subject to copyright. 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This includes the staff of the UN Offi ce of Outer Space Affairs, the members of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordinating (IADC) Committee , and others from relevant international and national agencies around the world. This Springer book is published in collaboration with the International Space University (ISU). At its central campus in Strasbourg, France, and at various loca- tions around the world, the ISU provides graduate-level training to the future lead- ers of the global space community. The university offers a 2-month Space Studies Program, a 5-week Southern Hemisphere Program, a 1-year Executive MBA, and a 1-year Master’s Program related to space science, space engineering, systems engi- neering, space policy and law, business and management, and space and society. These programs give international graduate students and young space profes- sionals the opportunity to learn while solving complex problems in an intercultural environment. Since its founding in 1987, the International Space University has graduated more than 3,000 students from 100 countries, creating an international network of professionals and leaders. ISU faculty and lecturers from around the world have published hundreds of books and articles on space exploration, applica- tions, science, and development. vii Acknowledgments We wish to acknowledge with sincere gratitude the invaluable assistance provided to us by Dr. David Finkleman (a leading authority on civil, commercial, and military space systems). Dr. Finkleman authorized us to use in this book some parts of his very short but excellent unpublished paper entitled “The Small Satellite Dilemma.” We are thankful to both Sir Martin Sweeting and Dr. Yaw Nyampong for reviewing and providing highly valuable comments on earlier drafts of this book that improved the quality and accuracy of this book. We also wish to express our thanks to Dr. Setsuko Aoki, Dr. Tare Brisibe, Ms. Irene Ekweozoh, Dr. Thomas Gillon, Dr. Atsuyo Ito, Ms. Joy-Marie Lawrence, Ms. Justine Limpitlaw, Mr. Bruce Mann, and Mr. K. R. Sridhara Murthi for supplying very useful information that also was used to improve the contents and factual accuracy of some parts of this book. In addition, we would like to express our appreciation to Dr. Delbert Smith and Elisabeth Evans of Jones Day Law fi rm; Alistair Scott, President of the British Interplanetary Society; Sir Martin Sweeting of the Surrey Space Centre and Surrey Space Technology, Ltd.; and Mr. Peter Marshall for their assistance in this undertaking in various ways. As always and notwithstanding the invaluable contributions mentioned above, we remain exclusively responsible for any errors contained in this book. ix
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