ABSTRACT
Individuals, scientific research entities, commercial companies and public institutions use space technologies on a daily basis. While space applications require that the necessary instruments are brought into and maneuvered in outer space, other activities, such as experiments carried out by humans in outer space, require that humans and cargo are brought into and back from outer space. Space transportation is therefore an indispensable and crucial element for the realization of space missions. Recent technical evolutions enable new actors, especially private investors, to participate in
The following chapter deals with the regulation of space transportation, understood as the means to transport people or cargo to, through, in and back from outer space. This chapter addresses the launch phase, the flight into outer space (often also referred to as operation or guidance of space objects) and the return or removal of the object from outer space, regardless of the application or the purpose of its mission. This chapter also addresses the regulation of spaceports, as those are a necessity for space transportation and as such a prerequisite for any space operation.
