摘要
低轨小卫星星座规模庞大、构型复杂,给现行空间物体登记制度的适用带来了严峻挑战。《登记公约》建立了空间物体的强制登记制度,但其仅适用于“一个空间物体”,并未对多个卫星组网形成的“星座”该如何登记作出规定,这导致根据现行登记制度对星座进行登记时难以实现该制度的立法目的。此外,面对低轨小卫星星座的不断发展,《登记公约》中诸多表述不清晰所引起的空间物体未登记、拖延登记、登记信息不充分等问题也将更为严峻。在此背景下,有必要构建低轨小卫星星座的整体登记机制,并对现行空间物体登记制度加以完善,推动其有效施行,从而增强外空活动中的透明度,尽可能避免损害的发生。
The large size and complex configuration of LEO small satellite constellations have posed a serious challenge to the application of the existing registration regime for space objects.The Registration Convention has established a mandatory registration regime for space objects,but it only applies to“a space object”and does not provide how to register a“constellation”consisting of multiple satellites,which makes it difficult to achieve the legislative purpose of the system when registering constellations under the current registration system.In addition,in the face of the continuous development of LEO small satellite constellations,the problems caused by the ambiguous terms in the Registration Convention,such as non-registration,delayed registration and inadequate registration of space objects,would be more serious.In this context,it is essential to establish a collective registration mechanism for LEO small satellite constellations,improve the existing registration regime for space objects,and promote its effective implementation,thus enhancing transparency in outer space activities and avoiding damage as much as possible.
作者
查汉辉
ZHA Han-hui(Wuhan University School of Law,Wuhan 430000,China)
出处
《空间碎片研究》
2022年第2期23-31,共9页
Space Debris Research
关键词
小卫星星座
《登记公约》
空间交通管理
空间环境治理
small satellite constellations
Registration Convention
space traffic management
space environment governance
