Legal Aspects Around Satellite Constellations

Annette Froehlich is a scientific expert seconded from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to the European Space Policy Institute (Vienna), and Honorary Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Space Lab at the University of Cape Town (SA). She graduated in European and International Law at the University of Strasbourg (France), before completing business-oriented postgraduate studies and her PhD at the University of Vienna (Austria). Responsible for the DLR and German representation at the United Nations and International Organizations, Dr Froehlich was also a member/alternate head of the German delegation at UNCOPUOS. Moreover, she is the author of a multitude of specialist publications and serves as lecturer in space policy, law and society aspects at various universities around the globe. Her main areas of scientific interest are European space policy, international and regional space law, emerging space countries, space security and space & culture.

An equitable and efficient use of outer space and its resources and the role of the UN, the ITU and States Parties.- The Principle of Equitable Access in the Age of Mega-Constellations.-- Legal Aspects Relating to Satellite Constellations.- The Rise of the LEO: Is there a need to create a distinct legal regime for constellations of satellites?- The Future impact of the ITU regulatory framework on Large Constellations of Satellites.- The Sustainability of Large Satellite Constellations: Challenges for Space Law.- Answering an orbit full questions: A proposed framework to provide legal certainty on the current and future state of the law regulating satellite constellations.

"Currently, no concept for space activities is more debated than 'responsive space'. Here we have a splendid example of 'responsive space law'. This small booklet with just one hundred pages is an outstanding piece of work responding to specific use of space, which has just been conceived and is only slowly getting implemented: satellite (mega-)constellations." (Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Zeitschrift für Luft- und Weltraumrecht ZLW, Vol. 69 (4), 2020)