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234 “Russia’s Minister of Foreign Aairs Sergey Lavrov: Russia will launch two Nigerian satellites,” 18
November 2010, online: www.polit.ru/science/2010/11/18/russia_nigeria_2_sats.html (in Russian).
235 Joint Declaration of the European Commission and the Council regarding the adoption of the
GMES regulation and its initial operations (2011–2013), online: www.eomag.eu/articles/1349/
joint-declaration-of-the-european-commission-and-the-council-regarding-the-adoption-of-thegmes-regulation-and-its-initial-operations-20112013.
See also the declaration online:
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/10/st12/st12692-ad01.en10.pdf.
236 “Е. Malitikov: preliminary cost of the IGMASS System is 10 billion USD,” online: http://www.gisa.
ru/68300.html; Roscosmos, “e Heads of Space Agencies Discussed the Issues of Carrying Out
IGMASS Project,” 22 November 2010, online: www.roscosmos.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=13801 (in
Russian). For the description of the project, see “IGMASS Institutional Fundamentals: Progress and
Prospects,” UN COPUOS STSC presentation, 11 February 2011, online: www.oosa.unvienna.org/
pdf/pres/stsc2011/tech-26.pdf.
237 Zhang Le, “China’s rst micro-satellite eight days eight-night run smoothly,” Xinhua News Agency,
30 September 2010, online: www.china-daily.org/China-News/China-s-rst-micro-satellite-eightdays-eight-night-run-smoothly.
238 e satellite was launched in July. See Russian Space Web, “Russian space program in 2010:
plans and reality,” online: www.russianspaceweb.com/2010.html.
239 ESA, “Successful launch for ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite,” 8 April 2010, online: www.esa.int/
SPECIALS/Cryosat/index.html. See also Chris Bergin, “Russian Dnepr Rocket Launches with
CryoSat-2,” NASA Spaceight, 8 April 2010, online: www.nasaspaceight.com/2010/04/livednepr-rocket-launch-cryosat-2.
240 ESA, “CryoSat-2 Exceeding Expectations,” 1 July 2010, online: www.esa.int/SPECIALS/
Living_Planet_Symposium_2010/SEMBC5PZVAG_0.html.
Chapter Five Endnotes
1 Futron Corporation, “State of the Satellite Industry Report,” June 2011, online: www.sia.org/
PDF/2011%20State%20of%20Satellite%20Industry%20Report%20(June%202011).pdf.
2 Information collected from U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, “Year in Review 2010,”
online: www.faa.gov/about/oce_org/headquarters_oces/ast/media/year_in_review_2010.pdf.
3 Ibid.
4 Futron Corporation, “State of the Satellite Industry Report,” June 2011, online: www.sia.org/
PDF/2011%20State%20of%20Satellite%20Industry%20Report%20(June%202011).pdf
5 Ibid.
6 U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, “e Economic Impact of Commercial Space
Transportation on the U.S. Economy: 2002 Results and Outlook for 2010,” March 2004 at 3,
online: http://ast.faa.gov/les/pdf/2004Economic_Impact.pdf.
7 Communications Satellite Corporation, or COMSAT, is a private communications satellite
company organized and started by the U.S. Congress. See Comsat International, “History,” c. 2005,
online: www.comsat.net.ar/noticias.php?lang_id=1&coun_id=1&n=544&section_id=6; President’s
National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, “Satellite Task Force Report,
Factsheet,” March 2004 at 6.
8 John Higginbotham, “Private Possibilities in Space,” in Edward L. Hudgins, ed., Space: e Free
Market Frontier (New York: Cato Institute, 2002) at 146.
9 President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, “Satellite Task Force
Report, Factsheet,” March 2004 at 6.
10 Michael A. Taverna and Robert Wall, “Pick and Choose: Buoyant demand and improving outlook
seen for telecom satellite manufacturers,” Aviation Week & Space Technology, 10 September 2007 at
28.
11 Federal Aviation Administration, “Year in Review 2010,” online: www.faa.gov/about/oce_org/
headquarters_oces/ast/media/year_in_review_2010.pdf.
12 Ibid.