Technological advancements have drastically changed the telecommunication industry and the use of satellites for telecommunications has become the most extensive and commercialized space application. Today, information telecommunication technology has become so humongous, advanced and...

Ready access to radio frequencies with limited interference and appropriate orbital positions are indispensable and highly valuable tools for all satellite communications. However, radio frequencies are limited, natural, and international resources. Furthermore, the global demand for radio...

This paper looks into the new opportunities to achieve a higher growth rate in telecom and greater access to the rural areas. The potential for the new opportunities is assessed, both for rural and urban areas, but with accent on rural areas. Many issues in Universal Service Obligation (USO)...

Abstract by B. Goswami: “In the past decade India has emerged as a significant space player with its increasing and expansive space operations. India having taken international obligations under the space treaties, thus ought to confirm with the principles established thereof while carrying...

Abstract by B. Goswami: “This chapter aims to explain in simple terms, the meaning of space policy, space law and space security. These terms have been approached from various perspectives namely, economic, political, social, scientific and legal. The aim is to provide a comprehensive text...

As the humanity takes its first steps towards the use and exploration of outer space, during the beginning of the space age, certain fundamental principles were laid down to govern such activities. It is peculiar to International Space Law that much of such fundamentals were agreeable by...

Abstract by B. Goswami: “The new United States export control regime is being received with discontent domestically and globally. On an analysis it is apparent that there are mixed feelings with respect to the new export control regime, specifically for the satellite industry where the...

The path of gradual commercialization of current space applications, such as launch services, satellite communication services, direct broadcasting services, satellite remote sensing and navigation services, and satellite weather monitoring services, will most likely be followed by future...

There is a renewed global interest in the Moon explorations and, possibly, in the use of its natural resources for deep space missions. This recent attention towards the Moon calls for an appropriate legal regime that would be conducive to the Moon-related space activities, particularly those by...

Secure and sustainable use of space is at the heart of any achievement of space security. Outer space is benefiting and becoming accessible to more and more users everywhere in the world. However, with this accessibility comes the reality of it being limited in terms of the natural resources...