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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1: The World of Space in Flux -- Introduction -- The Small Satellite Revolution -- Complex and Conflicting Trends in Satellite Communications -- Key Technical Trends Fueling Changes in Satellite Applications -- Key Innovations in Ground Systems -- Advanced Coding Systems -- New Frequency Efficiencies and Spectrum Allocations -- New Manufacturing and Quality Assurance Capabilities -- New Launch System Efficiencies -- The Structure of This Book -- Conclusions -- References -- 2: How Satellite Communications Systems Are Changing -- Introduction -- The Rise of Conventional Communications Satellites from the 1960s to the 1990s -- The Rise of New Space Communications Systems from the 1990s to the Present -- Space 2.0 Comes to Satellite Communications -- The Promise, the Opportunities, and the Pitfalls -- Regulatory Oversight Concerns -- Conclusions -- References -- 3: Key Trends in Remote-Sensing Satellite Systems and Services -- Introduction -- Reinventing the World of Remote Sensing -- The Small Satellite Revolution in Remote Sensing -- Developments in Digital Processing and Analysis of Remote Sensing Satellite Data -- Spinoffs from Defense-Related Surveillance -- New Commercial Business Interests Around the World -- The Proliferation of Remote-Sensing Satellite Systems -- Conclusions -- References -- 4: The Growth and Expansion of Precise Navigation and Timing -- Introduction -- How GNSS Satellites Establish a User's Exact Location -- Innovations in GNSS Systems -- Key Issues and Concerns -- Personal Surveillance, Privacy and Freedom -- Cyber-Security and Hacking of Computerized Systems with GNSS-Enabled Devices -- Vulnerability of Automated Systems That Depend on GNSS Systems and Backup Options -- The Global Proliferation of GNSS Systems -- Conclusions -- References.

Prepare yourselves for the coming Cyber Revolution! Over time, humankind has transformed from hunter-gatherer to farmer, from farmer to industrial worker, and from industrial worker to service provider. Now, we are on the cusp of a fourth transformative wave, spurred by climate change, exponential population growth, and our ever-increasing reliance on technology. This Copernicus book follows the stream of changes we will likely experience over the next few decades. These will involve the design and planning of smart cities and vital new mega-cities, as well as the use of sophisticated artificial intelligence and knowledge systems in our professional and everyday lives. The book shows how the nature of work, economics, taxation, social intercourse, and a slew of other global human endeavors will almost certainly undergo fundamental shifts during this time. Despite the many crises the world is gearing up to face, this book is not all doom and gloom - it is a call to action, a guide to how we might harness novel technologies in space and cyberspace to address our most urgent needs.

This book captures the most exciting advances in the harnessing of space as a global resource. The authors track the growing number of space businesses and opportunities for investors, and the many possible benefits of spaceplanes, space stations and even space colonies. The authors also discuss the need for more regulatory reform. Companies like Planetary Resources are now forming to find mineral-rich asteroids and bring back new riches to Earth. Solar power satellites in the next few years will start to beam clean energy back to Earth, to meet the growing demands of a still-developing world. Innovative space industries are vital to the survival of modern human life, and the authors demonstrate what can be done to encourage the growing of the "New Space" frontier. From lassoing and then mining asteroids to developing new methods of defending the planet from space hazards and setting up new hotels and adventures for tourists in space, this new industry will have profound effects on Earth, especially on its economy. This book is based on a study of international experts commissioned ahead of the UNISPACE+50 meeting, having distilled the results of this comprehensive fact-finding process into a compact and very readable form. It can serve as an excellent starting point for understanding all the activities underway or planned to make space truly our next frontier.

Addressing a pressing issue in space policy, Pelton explores the new forms of technology that are being developed to actively remove the defunct space objects from orbit and analyzes their implications in the existing regime of international space law and public international law. This authoritative review covers the due diligence guidelines that nations are using to minimize the generation of new debris, mandates to de-orbit satellites at end of life, and innovative endeavours to remove non-functional satellites, upper stage rockets and other large debris from orbit under new institutional, f

Since the mid-1990s the U.S. Government and military forces have placed more and more reliance on commercial satellite systems for military communications of a non-tactical nature. Requirements such as the U.S. Armed Forces Radio and Television require a great deal of bandwidth but do not require any special security protection. Further there are many other forms of communications involving national security or defense systems where a varying degree of security is required. Many of these applications do not require a very high level of "top secret" protection since these communications do involve tactical, strategic or highly classified messages. For instance, communications services that allow overseas forces to talk to their family and friends can be provided with only a minimum of digital encryption protection.

Intro -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Second Foreword -- Editors' Note -- List of Contributors -- List of Sponsors -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Part I: The Legal and Regulatory Framework for Space Activities -- Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study on Global Space Governance -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 The Purpose of the Study -- 1.3 Definitions of Global Space Governance -- 1.4 Methodology Used -- 1.5 Scope, Nature, and Expected Role of the Book -- Chapter 2: Overview of the Existing Mechanisms of Global Space Governance -- 2.1 Introduction and Background -- 2.1.1 The Evolution of a General Global Governance System -- 2.1.2 Is Global Space Governance Unique? -- 2.2 Is the Existing Global Space Governance Regime Adequate to Meet Present and Future Global Public Interest in Outer Space? -- 2.3 Recap of the Existing Five U. N. Space Law Treaties -- 2.3.1 The Law of Treaties -- 2.3.2 The 1967 Outer Space Treaty -- 2.3.3 The 1968 Rescue Agreement -- 2.3.4 The 1972 Liability Convention -- 2.3.5 The 1974 Registration Convention -- 2.3.6 The 1979 Moon Agreement -- 2.4 Are the United Nations and Its Specialized Agencies the Best Organizations to Regulate, Coordinate, or Standardize Space Activities and Practices? -- 2.4.1 The U. N. General Assembly -- 2.4.2 The U. N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space -- 2.4.3 The U. N. Office for Outer Space Affairs -- 2.4.4 U. N.-Space -- 2.4.5 The International Telecommunication Union -- 2.4.6 Other U. N. Agencies -- 2.5 What Alternative Forums Exist and How Can They Contribute to Effectively Address Issues of Global Space Governance? -- 2.5.1 Multilateral and Bilateral Treaties Outside of the U. N. System -- 2.5.2 Intergovernmental Organizations/Institutions -- 2.5.3 Intergovernmental Operating Organizations -- 2.5.4 Non-Governmental International Organizations.