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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349369703321

Titolo

Integrated Space for African Society : Legal and Policy Implementation of Space in African Countries / / edited by Annette Froehlich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-05980-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 373 p.)

Collana

Southern Space Studies, , 2523-3718

Disciplina

341.4

341

Soggetti

Law of the sea

International law

Aerospace engineering

Astronautics

Political science

Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space

Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

Political Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- African and space -- Country reports -- Embedding space in society -- Initiatives for embedding space applications in African societies.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an overview of the space sector in African countries, from a legal and policy point of view, analysing how the African Union's Space Policy and Strategy (ASPS) is implemented and highlighting the various space activities in each country. Against this backdrop, it investigates the ASPS, identifying its policy goals identified and discussing its strategy. Moreover, it explores the on-going regional cooperation programmes, the continent's leading space actors and their roles, and the space-related regional fora and organizations, reflecting on various initiatives, including the African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology for Sustainable Development (ALC), the Regional African Satellite Communications



Organisation (RASCOM), and the African Resource Management Satellite Constellation (ARMS-C). As such, it is a valuable source of information on space capacities in African countries.