ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesList of Acronyms and AbbreviationsList of Legal DocumentsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Background and Terminology Irmgard Marboe and Stephan Hobe PART 1 General Overview of Suborbital Flights 1 Space or High Altitude: What's in a Name? Sara Dalledonne, Gabriele Redigonda and Justine Dousset 2 High Altitude Activities for Science and Research with Sounding Rockets and Stratospheric Balloons Otto Koudelka and René Laufer 3 Space Tourism Norbert Frischauf 4 The FAST20XX EU Project and the Legal Aspects of Suborbital Flights Rafael Moro Aguilar 5 Suborbital Flights and Sustainability: The International Environmental Regime Applicable to Activities Sub-orbit Markus P. Beham PART 2 Authorisation and Supervision 6 Authorisation and Supervision under Air Law: International, European and National Legal Framework Sigmar Stadlmeier 7 Authorisation and Supervision under Air Law: A Model for Suborbital Flights? Elmar M. Giemulla 8 Authorisation and Supervision under Space Law and the Regulation of Suborbital Flights International Perspectives and National Implementation in Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America Steven Freeland 9 Perspectives on Authorisation and Supervision of Suborbital Flights in Europe Irmgard Marboe PART 3 Responsibility 10 Suborbital Flights: Responsibility under Air Law, the Role of States and Operators Konstantinos I. Andritsos 11 Who Is Legally Responsible? The Responsibility Regime in International Space Law and Its Relevance for Non-orbital Flights Perspectives from the East Asian Spacefaring Nations Setsuko Aoki 12 Frequency Spectrum for Suborbital Flights: Between Air and Space? Mahulena Hofmann PART 4 Registration 13 Registration of Aircraft Sigmar Stadlmeier 14 Registration of Suborbital Flights under Space Law Tanja Masson-Zwaan PART 5 Liability 15 Liability of Air Carriers and Aircraft Operators and the Relevant Insurance Considerations Wolf Müller-Rostin 16 Liability and Insurance under Space Law and their Applicability to Non-orbital Space Flights Frans von der Dunk PART 6 Crew and Passengers 17 Crew and Passengers in Suborbital Flights from the Perspective of Air Law Benjamyn I. Scott and Yuran Shi 18 The Legal Status of Astronauts and Its Relevance for Suborbital (Nonorbital) Flights Marco Pedrazzi PART 7 Facilities: Airports and Spaceports 19 Legal Requirements for the Construction and Operation of Airports under International and National Law Stephanie Stipsits20 The Legal Framework of Spaceports: Licenses, Conditions, and Competent Authorities in the Americas Olavo de Bittencourt Neto and Melissa Force21 Construction and Operation of Spaceports in Europe: Legal Situation and Current Developments Sergio Marchisio PART 8 Conclusions and Recommendations 22 The Work of the ILA Space Law Committee on the Rules for Nonorbital Spaceflight Rada Popova Index.