Advanced Space Law (Jun 2022)
Ensuring the National Security of Ukraine Through the Standardization of Space Activities
Abstract
The article analyzes international, including European, and national standards of the process of standardization of space activities. The author reveals the concept of “standard” as one of the main elements of the system of state guarantees of the safety of space activities. Using the method of empirical research, the current state of standardization of space activities in Ukraine was fully and objectively investigated. The comparativist method was used for a comparative analysis of the administrative and legal regulation of space activities in foreign countries and its compliance with international and European standards and principles, which allowed: first, to reveal the level of understanding by the international community of the importance of its processing and legal regulatory settlement; secondly, to form specific methods and initiatives to improve the administrative and legal provision of space activities and the development of the space industry in Ukraine. The article determines that the international aspect of standardization is quite relevant. The activity of standardization entities and the presence of a significant number of standards are proof of that. However, the main problem is their voluntariness. Obligation as a feature of these standards is present only in the case of their national settlement. This indicates the need to revise the paradigm of regulating international relations with the transition to the concept of global space management based on mandatory standards for all participants in space relations. The departure from the contractual paradigm with the further development of global space management will ensure the unity of the standard rules for the implementation of space activities, their obligatory status and the mechanisms of sanctioning influence for violations of the established modes of development and usage of outer space.
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