Space Security and Legal Aspects of Active Debris Removal (Hardcover, 2019)

Defining space debris (objects) in order to be able to remove them.- Dangers of space debris and reasons to deal with it urgently.- Environmental law as general obligation to reduce space debris.- Industrial commitments of legal aspects on active debris removal.- Acceptance of law should be admitted without punishment to resolve the space debris problem.- Jurisdiction and control aspects of space debris removal.- Space debris: untouchable lethal orbiting clouds.- Legal analysis of debris removal of small satellites in space.- ADR: a joint task and obligation to cooperate for the benefit of Mankind.- Right to self-defence in space.- Degree of the lack of regulation of space debris within the current space law regime.- Establishment of an international mechanism to deal with active debris removal.- Dispute resolution in the context of active debris removal.- Establishment of an international mechanism to deal with active debris removal.- Country overviews.