Satellite navigation systems (GNSS) such as Galileo

The use of satellites for navigation is spreading amongst a rapidly increasing number of terrestrial applications – aviation, rail transport, location-based services, law enforcement and so on. Hence, understanding the specific applications-environment is necessary for the success of the satellite project as much as vice versa. In each case multiple questions arise on the applicable legal and institutional frameworks confronting any particular ‘satnav’ application, and where the various legal regimes applicable interfere with each other. How to make sure air law, transport law, data protection and intellectual property rights protect, rather than create havoc, with such activities? What are the precise prospects for commercialisation in any particular application? What, in particular, distinguishes Galileo from GPS and GLONASS?

Black Holes is excellently placed to help you find the appropriate answers to such questions, as Frans von der Dunk has achieved a key position in this area by joining numerous projects with the major space industries of Europe for the European Commission, the expertise of which is now available to you through Black Holes. Only the major projects dealing with satellite navigation for a wide range of purposes can be quoted.