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Chapter 16
Global Issues Surrounding Outer Space Law and Policy
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is the national space agency of the Republic of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the prime minister of India while chairman of ISRO acts as executive of DOS as well. ISRO is the primary agency in India to perform tasks related to space based applications, space exploration and development of related technologies.
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Legal Problems on the Compensation for Space Damage Caused by Space Debris and Space Liability Convention
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7407-2.ch016
Abstract
This chapter mentions the space debris, observation, space debris' accidents, and the legal problems on the compensation for space damage caused by space debris and relation to the 1972 Space Liability Convention. Space debris is an enemy for mankind. The author comments on the new Draft for the International Instrument on the Protection of the Earth Environment from Damage Caused by Space Debris and presents his proposal on the new legal frame for the prevention and mitigation of space debris and the damage caused by space debris. Frequently, space debris falls back to the Earth, which poses a potential threat to man's exploration and use of outer space activities. Space debris comprise the ever-increasing amount of inactive space hardware in orbit around the Earth as well as fragments of spacecraft that have broken up, exploded, or otherwise become abandoned. It is the author's firm opinion that only international and regional cooperation could solve the problem of environmental pollution including damage caused by space debris.
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Chapter 17
Proposal of Establishing an Asian Space Agency
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is the national space agency of the Republic of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under Department of Space (DoS) which is directly overseen by the prime minister of India while chairman of ISRO acts as executive of DoS as well. ISRO is the primary agency in India to perform tasks related to space-based applications, space exploration and development of related technologies. It is one of six government space agencies in the world which possess full launch capabilities, deploy cryogenic engines, launch extraterrestrial missions and operate large fleets of artificial satellites. ISRO launched its second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2 to study the lunar geology and the distribution of lunar water. ISRO’s Mission to Venus is scheduled for 2025 that will include a payload instrument called Venus Infrared Atmospheric Gases Linker (VIRAL) which is co-developed with Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales (LATMOS) under French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Roscosmos. The next Mars mission, Mars Orbiter Mission 2, also called Mangalyaan 2 (Sanskrit), will be launched in 2024. It will have a less elliptical orbit around Mars and could weigh seven times more than the first mission. This orbiter mission will facilitate the community to address several open science problems. The science payload of the planned satellite is estimated at no more than 100 kg (220 lb.).
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Strategies for Sustainability of IE3H Sector in the COVID-19 Era
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