(a) Air law applies to aerospace objects moving through airspace

According to the spatial approach, an aerospace object is deemed as an aircraft subject to air law in airspace and is deemed as a space object subject to space law in outer space.

aerospace craft, depending on the destination of such a flight? 5

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If aerospace objects moving through airspace are considered to be aircraft and are consequently governed by air law, it is the norms of air law that have to be applied to them after re entry into the Earth apos s atmosphere.

International air law should be applied to aerospace objects while they are in the airspace of another State.

The development of aerospace technology might necessitate the amendment of prevailing norms of international air and space law.

If, as stated in reply to question 4, an aerospace object moving through airspace is considered to be an aircraft, both take off and landing will be regulated by the norms of air law, since air law regulates the technical act of air navigation.

space as spacecraft, with all the legal consequences that follow therefrom, or does either air law or space law prevail during the flight of an aerospace craft, depending on the destination of such a flight?

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law or space law prevail during the flight of an aerospace craft, depending on the destination of such a flight? 5

When an aerospace object is located in the territorial airspace of another State, it may be subject to international air law as well as to relevant domestic air law by reason of national security or aerial safety as long as it has characteristics both of an aeroplane which is subject to air law and a space object which is subject to space law.

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The regime could help identify aerospace objects and their legal status without violating current air and space law.

Similarly, customary law does exist with respect to such aerospace objects, whereby they are regarded as craft performing a space mission to which the norms of air law do not apply.

In the case of passage through the territorial airspace of another State, international air law should be applied to the aerospace object.

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(b) Space law applies to aerospace objects travelling through outer space.

Are aerospace objects while in airspace considered as aircraft, and while in outer space as spacecraft, with all the legal consequences that follow therefrom, or does either air law or space law prevail during the flight of an aerospace craft, depending on the destination of such a flight?

Consequently, applying either air law or space law depending on the type of space crossed by the trajectory of the aerospace object would cause problems.

International air law as well as the relevant domestic air law should be applicable for purposes of national security or aerial safety, as long as the object has the characteristics of both an aeroplane and a space object.

It is closely related to the question whether an aerospace object is a space object which is subject to space law or is an aircraft which is subject to air law and to the question of the definition and delimitation of outer space.

However, in case of its passage over a certain State apos s territorial airspace after entry into airspace, international air law or the relevant State apos s domestic law can be applied to the aerospace object in relation to the country apos s sovereignty and security problem.

(a) GAREF Aérospatial , by Alexandre Khun (France)

When an aerospace object is located in the territorial airspace of another State, it may be subject to international air law as well as to relevant domestic air law by reason of national security or aerial safety as long as it has characteristics both of an aeroplane which is subject to air law and a space object which is subject to space law.

Question 6. Are the norms of national and international air law applicable to an aerospace object of one State while it is in the airspace of another State?

Until special procedures about an aerospace object are prepared, the aerospace object flying in the airspace, especially in a certain State apos s territorial airspace, is considered as an aircraft and the aerospace object located in outer space is considered as a space object which is subject to space law.

During the first stage, from the year 2000 to 2005, when the use of aerospace objects would not be intense, legal issues associated with aerospace objects could be dealt with by directly applying space and air laws that had already been accepted or, if necessary, by creating certain new combined norms of international space and air law, for example, relating to innocent passage through airspace.

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Question 6 Are the norms of national and international air law applicable to an aerospace object of one State while it is in the airspace of another State? 6

object of one State while it is in the airspace of another State?

Question 6 Are the norms of national and international air law applicable to an aerospace object of one State while it is in the airspace of another State? 7

Question 6 Are the norms of national and international air law applicable to an aerospace object of one State while it is in the airspace of another State? 6

Question 4 Are aerospace objects while in airspace considered as aircraft, and while in outer space as spacecraft, with all the legal consequences that follow therefrom, or does either air

Question 4 Are aerospace objects while in airspace considered as aircraft, and while in outer space as spacecraft, with all the legal consequences that follow therefrom, or does either air

As aerospace technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, the question might arise as to whether the existing provisions of international space and air law need to be supplemented.

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Question 6. Are the norms of national and international air law applicable to an aerospace object of one State while it is in the airspace of another State?

After separation, the carrier aircraft would remain subject to air law, while the aerospace object and crew would enter the jurisdiction of space law for all subsequent stages of the flight until the moment of landing.

As stated in reply to question 2, the existing norms of air law and space law could in the light of current technology advancement and international law be applied to aerospace objects.

Aerospace objects should be regarded as aircraft in airspace and as spacecraft in space.

It can be argued that the criterion to be applied in determining whether an aerospace object comes within the jurisdiction of international space law or that of international air law is the purpose of the object apos s flight.

The regime of an aerospace object undertaking an Earth to Earth mission without entering outer space is determined by the norms of international air law while an aerospace object undertaking an Earth orbit mission comes within the jurisdiction of international space law.

The law applicable to the type of space in which the aerospace object is located should prevail.

Question 4.