The Space Legislation of the United Kingdom

Air and Space Law

The Space Legislation of the United Kingdom

By Alexander Simmonds
Brill Nijhoff August 2025

Specifications

ISBN-13
9789004732544
Publisher
Brill Nijhoff
Publication
August 2025
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

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In the only comprehensive study of its kind, this book explores the space legislation of the United Kingdom, charting the history of the early United Kingdom space program through to the Space Industry Act 2018 and subsequent Regulations. In addition to an analysis of the licensing regime and its normative underpinnings, this work also presents a comparative overview of the United Kingdom’s domestic space legislation in addition to aspects of telecommunications law. There is also particular focus on the novel provisions of the legislation pertaining to human occupants and the intersection with other relevant instruments and common law principles.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 International Space Law
Chapter 3 The Legislative Framework Underpinning the United Kingdom Space Industry – an Introduction to Its Composition and Regulatory Ethos
Chapter 4 The Space Legislation of the United Kingdom
Chapter 5 Enforcement
Chapter 6 Other Relevant Standards
Chapter 7 Commercial Spaceflight and Its Human Dimensions
Chapter 8 Aspects of United Kingdom Telecommunications Law Relevant to Space Activities
Chapter 9 Sustainability
Chapter 10 Comparative Perspectives
Chapter 11 Conclusions
Chapter 12 Afterward: ‘RFA ONE’
the United Kingdom’s First Vertical Launch Licence – a ‘Brave New World’

List of Documents
Index
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