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Processes

Insurance and liability

1. STATE GUARANTEE

Protection of investments: State guarantee of space industry foreign investment.

2. PRE- AUTHOZIZATION

Mandatory insurance for obtaining authorization

3. BENEFICIARIES
  • Space operation party or property
  • Space operations third party or third party property.
4. AMOUNT

The insurance amount depends upon the contemplated activity.

5. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY
  • The space activity operator will be held liable up to the amount of the purchased insurance
  • Unlimited state responsibility

Remote sensing

1. PRE- AUTHORIZATION
  • Remote sensing resolution inferior or equal to 2 meters
  • Data collection over restricted areas
2. COMPETENT AUTHORITHY

Ministry of Defense

3. CALENDAR OF COMMUNICATION
  • System's technical characteristics
  • Applicant's and operator's information
  • Fly-zones
  • Registry
4. YEARLY NOTIFICATION

Remote sensing system operators must communicate their satellite capability before December 1st

5. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Prior to a remote sensing operation, remote sensing system operators must notify the competent authority within 1 week.

Space objects: Launch, return and control

1. COMPETENT AUTHORITY

ROSCOSMOS state company

2. SCOPES OF APPLICATION
  • Spacecraft, propulsion systems and launchers development and manufacturing
  • Space object transportation and launch
  • Manufacturing, testing and launching sites, ground segment construction and development,
  • Remote sensing data utilization
  • Medical and biological experiments in outer space
3. DURATION

The license is issued for 5 years and is renewable

4. DEADLINES

License is granted within 3 days following approval

5. REQUIRED DOCUMENTATIONS
  • Possessing sufficient infrastructure technical expertise and quality control required by the contemplated activity
  • Providing operations calendar
  • Complying with export control regulation and national security/secret defense
  • Previous certification of space objects and infrastructure
  • General purpose of space object
  • Orbital parameters
6. DENIAL

In case of denial, the decisien has to be made within 45 days

7. TERMINATION

Based on judicial decision for failure to rectify gross violation

8. SUSPENSION

Based on judicial decision for gross violation

9. COST

10 000 Russian Roubles

10. PROTECTION AGAINST ABUSE OF DISCRETION

Roscosmos has the right to regularly verify compliance with the license. In case of breach, the applicant may file a complaint. The decision shall be given within 15 days.