Yearbook on Space Policy 2009/2010

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. The Year in Space 2009/2010

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. European space activities in the global context

      • Spyros Pagkratis

      Pages 2-133

   3. Developments in space policies, programmes and technologies throughout the world and in Europe

      • Spyros Pagkratis

      Pages 134-182

3. Views and Insights

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. Space in the financial and economic crisis

      • Christophe Venet

      Pages 184-198

   3. The legal personality of the European Union and its effects on the development of space activities in Europe

      • Lesley Jane Smith

      Pages 199-216

   4. Institutional development of satellite navigation in Europe

      • Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Spyros Pagkratis, Blandina Baranes

      Pages 217-229

   5. The new 2010 U.S. space policy

      • Michael Sheehan

      Pages 230-241

   6. The potential for transatlantic cooperation in the International Space Station programme and space exploration

      • Ian Pryke

      Pages 242-259

   7. Trends in shaping space policies around the world

      • Deganit Paikowsky, Isaac Ben Israel

      Pages 260-271

   8. Space applications after Copenhagen

      • Simonetta Cheli

      Pages 272-280

   9. Satellite Earth observation and disaster management — lessons and needs after the Indian Ocean tsunami and the Haiti earthquake

      • Ray Harris

      Pages 281-295

   10. Implications of new trends in small satellite development

       • Rainer Sandau

       Pages 296-312

4. Facts and Figures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 313-313

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   2. Chronology: June 2009–May 2010

      • Spyros Pagkratis, Blandina Baranes

      Pages 314-323

   3. Country profiles

      • Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Spyros Pagkratis, Blandina Baranes

      Pages 324-335

   4. Bibliography of space policy publications. July 2009–June 2010

      • Blandina Baranes

      Pages 336-342

5. Back Matter

   Pages 343-357

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The Yearbook on Space Policy is the reference publication analysing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space policy with other policy areas. It highlights specific events and issues, and provides useful insights, data and information on space activities. The Yearbook on Space Policy is edited by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) based in Vienna, Austria. It combines in-house research and contributions of members of the European Space Policy Research and Academic Network (ESPRAN), coordinated by ESPI. The Yearbook is designed for government decision-makers and agencies, industry professionals, as well as the service sectors, researchers and scientists and the interested public.

• ESPI
• ESPRAN
• international relations
• social studies
• space community
• space policy

• European Space Policy Institute, Vienna, Austria

  Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Spyros Pagkratis, Blandina Baranes

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