The paper is a summary of the Report of the Project 2001-Working Group on Launch and Associated Services presented at the International colloquium on Conclusions of Project 2001 -Legal Framework on the Commercial Use of Outer Space - at Cologne, 29-31 May 2001. It will describe the scientific procedure for analysing such a legal framework with the aim to identify the regulatory needs. Further, selected legal problems will be discussed: the launching state issue, contractual aspects of launch services agreements and, finally, free trade in launch business. The paper will conclude with recommendations for the further development of a legal framework for commercial launching.
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