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I understand that the FAA issues launch licenses for rockets in the US, but is their an international body that governs launches to space? For instance, if the Chinese were launch the Shenzhou V in late October, do they have to alert an international body of their intentions or can they go ahead with a launch as long as they are not exiting China's airspace before reaching space (attaining the 100km limit or boundary of space)? ----- Not governs, but the UN does ask countries to play nice. http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/COPUOS/copuos.html More to the point you would want to keep the various world powers informed, provide some cursory inspection (possibly a few representative observers), and be generous with tracking information. The thought of scrambling all the long range bombers and putting ICBMs on alert just because you didn’t want to tell foreign governments is not a good option. You also will find large-scale blasting of coal overburden occurs with international communications as the seismic signature looks very similar to underground nuclear testing. The world is still a nervous place where events and intention are often misinterpreted. -- Anvil* |
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LBorth wrote: No. There is an international procedure for *notification* of launches, which most countries abide by, but no international regulatory authority. Could you take a moment to be more specific about the "international procedure of launches, which most countries abide by"? To quote Article IV of the CONVENTION ON REGISTRATION OF OBJECTS LAUNCHED INTO OUTER SPACE (1975): 1. Each State of registry shall furnish to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as soon as practicable, the following information concerning each space object carried on its registry: (a) Name of launching State or States; (b) An appropriate designator of the space object or its registration number; (c) Date and territory or location of launch; (d) Basic orbital parameters, including: (i) Nodal period, (ii) Inclination, (iii) Apogee, (iv) Perigee; (e) General function of the space object. I believe all the current spacefaring nations are signatories to this, although the level of enthusiasm shown in conformance varies. One major complication is the question of who should register satellites owned by international entities like Intelsat, or even satellites owned by one country but launched by another, and this sometimes causes satellites to "fall down the cracks". Do you know off-hand if China has abided by this procedure? In general, yes, they have. Most of the spacefaring nations have been a bit sloppy about compliance at times, but the major recent cases of apparently-deliberate non-compliance are all by the US (which has quite consistently failed to register some of its military satellites). -- MOST launched 1015 EDT 30 June, separated 1046, | Henry Spencer first ground-station pass 1651, all nominal! | |
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"Henry Spencer" wrote ...
In general, yes, they have. Most of the spacefaring nations have been a bit sloppy about compliance at times, but the major recent cases of apparently-deliberate non-compliance are all by the US (which has quite consistently failed to register some of its military satellites). Jonathan (of Jonathan's space report) has a couple of relevant links (as I'm sure you know, but I thought it was worth adding to the thread). Paper 1: Unregistered Satellites (Updated Jun 2003) http://planet4589.org/space/un/un_paper1.html Paper 2: UN data on US Military Satellites http://planet4589.org/space/un/un_paper2.html |
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