问题1. 是否可将航空航天物体界定为既可在外层空间中飞行又可利用自身空气动力特性在空气空间中持留一段时间的物体?
Question 1.
Can an aerospace object be defined as an object which is capable both of travelling through outer space and of using its aerodynamic properties to remain in airspace for a certain period of time?
4. 一种意见是,首先宜区分空间物体和航空航天物体之间的实际差异或具体差异,并提及航空航天物体的一般用途及其所从事的活动类型,从而对其作更精确的界定。
The view was expressed that it would be appropriate, first of all, to establish the practical or specific differences between space objects and aerospace objects and also to define them more precisely by including a reference to the general purpose of aerospace objects and the type of activity in which they are engaged.
5. 一种意见是,航空航天的空间包括地球周围的大气层及其以外的空间,应按照这一事实来考虑定义。
从航空器的飞行,弹道导弹、地球卫星、航天器及其他功能性和(或)非功能性人造物体的发射、制导和控制,包括从天然物体等方面来看,大气层及其以上的空间经常被视为同一个活动领域。
The view was expressed that the definition should be considered in the light of the fact that aerospace comprises the envelope of air around the Earth and the space beyond it, which may at times be regarded as a single realm of activity in respect of the flight of air vehicles and in the launching, guidance and control of ballistic missiles, Earth satellites, space vehicles and other human-made objects that may be functional and/or non-functional, as well as naturally occurring objects.
问题2. 适用于航空航天物体飞行的管理制度是否因其位于空气空间或外层
Question 2.
空间而不同?
Does the regime applicable to the flight of aerospace objects differ according to whether it is located in airspace or outer space?
6. 一种意见是,航空法是在国家主权原则上确立的,因此国家可以对本国领土上方的空气空间主张权利,空间法的法理和基本原理在于外层空间属全球共有因而任何国家或个人不得对外层空间任何部分主张物权这一原则,因此该国认为,适用的制度取决于功能或目的。
The view was expressed that, while air law is rooted in the principle of sovereignty of States and a State may thus lay claim to rights over the airspace above its territory, the legal and philosophical basis of space law is the principle that outer space is a global commons and that no State or individual can claim rights in rem to any portion of outer space.
Therefore, that State was of the view that functionality or purpose determines the applicable regime
7. 一种意见是,管理制度各有不同,因为普通国际法文书—1944年《国际民用航空公约》(“芝加哥公约”)—规定,每一国家对其领土之上的空域有完全的排他主权,而根据绝对法原则,外层空间是人类的共同财产。
The view was expressed that the regime differs, in that an instrument of general international law - the Convention on International Civil Aviation of 1944 (the “Chicago Convention”) - provides that a State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory, whereas outer space is, according to the principles of jus cogens, the common heritage of humankind.
问题3. 考虑到航空航天物体各种不同的功能特征、空气动力特性和所采用的空间技术及设计特点,是否有对这些物体的特别管理程序?
Question 3.
这类物体制订单一或统一的管理制度?
Are there special procedures for aerospace objects, considering the diversity of their functional characteristics, the aerodynamic properties and space technologies used and their design features, or should a single or unified regime be developed for such objects?
8. 一种意见是,航空航天法应属于根据情形加以实施的法律分支或一套法律原则和规则,用以约束和规范航空航天活动和飞行。
The view was expressed that aerospace law ought to be a singular branch of law or the body of legal principles and rules that is at times in effect, governing and regulating aerospace activities and flight.
9. 一种意见是,技术在发展,航空航天物体的多样性也随之不断增加,有鉴于此,如果根据某一特定物体的特征来制订适用的制度,该制度本身将无法操作。
The view was expressed that the establishment of an applicable regime on the basis of the special characteristics of a given object would make the regime itself unworkable, given the development of the technology and the consequent increasing diversity of aerospace objects.
因此不仅有必要考虑到技术,还有必要考虑到这类物体的功能和用途。
It would therefore be necessary to take into account not only the technology, but also the function and purpose of such an object.
10. 一种意见是,航空航天物体的特征差别不大,不过似乎的确应该区分只能通过发射器才能飞入外层空间的物体和利用空气动力特性起降的物体,尽管前者是利用航空器的空气动力特性返回地球的。
The view was expressed that there is no such diversity of characteristics among aerospace objects, but it does seem that a distinction should be made between an object that can take off into outer space only by means of a launcher, even if it returns to Earth using the aerodynamic properties of an aircraft, and an object that both takes off and lands using aerodynamic properties.
问题4. 航空航天物体是在空气空间时即被视为航空器而在外层空间时即被
Question 4.
视为航天器,并涉及由此而产生的一切法律后果,还是在航空航天器
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?
11. 一种意见是,如问题所述,可以根据飞行目的地来描述航空航天物体。
The view was expressed that it may be possible to describe the aerospace object according to the flight destination, as in the question.
但是,假如目的地既包括空气空间也包括外层空间,就应当明确说明在哪种情况下以哪一种法律为准。
However, when the destination consists of both air space and outer space, it should be clearly stated which law prevails under which conditions.
问题5. 管理制度中是否将航空航天物体的起飞和着陆阶段同从外层空间
Question 5.
轨道进入空气空间随后又返回该轨道的情况特别区分为涉及不同程度的
Are the take-off and landing phases specially distinguished in the regime for an aerospace object as involving a different degree of regulation from entry into airspace from outer space orbit and subsequent return to that orbit?
12. 一种意见是,必须按照航空航天物体起飞的具体特征来做区分。
The view was expressed that a distinction must be made according to the specific characteristics of the take-off of the aerospace object.
如果是作为空间物体起飞的,则起飞和在外层空间的飞行都应受空间法约束,而作为航空器着陆时,则应受航空法约束。
If it takes off as a space object, both the take-off and the flight in outer space should be governed by space law, whereas when it lands as an aircraft, it should be governed by air law.
问题6. 当一国航空航天物体处于另一国空气空间时,是否适用国内和
Question 6.
国际航空法准则?
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?