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The 'S' Of 'Security’: Europe On The Road To Gmes, Frans Von Der Dunk
The 'S' Of 'Security’: Europe On The Road To Gmes, Frans Von Der Dunk
Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications
In November 2001, by means of a Resolution, the European Union officially launched 'Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security' (GMES), the second European space programme (after Galileo) essentially driven by the Union. The Resolution inter alia calls for the European Commission to coordinate with the European Space Agency (ESA) the realisation of "an operational and autonomous European capability for global monitoring for environment and security" by 2008, crucially involving a satellite system. Relevant data which are to form part of such a capability may, in principle, come from a number of different sources: space-based data, airborne data, and in …
Hosting Galileo Ground Stations, Frans G. Von Der Dunk
Hosting Galileo Ground Stations, Frans G. Von Der Dunk
Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications
At this moment, the European GNSS Supervisory Authority, the public agency-half of the Public-Private Partnership principally in charge of the Galileo system, is built up, and the first full-fledged operations on a global scale are currently envisaged by 2010 or shortly thereafter. Thus, one set of legal questions which now becomes of interest concerns those surrounding the possibility for third countries to host Galileo ground stations.
The present paper seeks to analyse these issues from the perspective of space law, in particular as regards issues of international responsibility and liability under the Outer Space Treaty and the Liability Convention, and …
Navigating Safely Through The 21st Century: Icao And The Use Of Gnss In Civil Aviation, Frans G. Von Der Dunk
Navigating Safely Through The 21st Century: Icao And The Use Of Gnss In Civil Aviation, Frans G. Von Der Dunk
Space, Cyber, and Telecommunications Law Program: Faculty Publications
Discusses the European Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) with respect to how GNSS will be used in civil aviation within the existing legal framework. Examines the implications of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, 1944, otherwise known as the Chicago Convention, on air navigation services, and its recent integration of GNSS.