Space is an extreme operating environment, and vast sums of capital are required to finance space activities. Nonetheless, new businesses are emerging globally that seek to access the vast commercial opportunities that space presents. In this context, this research project will explore how Asia-Pacific legal frameworks respond to the financing needs of Asia-Pacific satellite operators. More specifically, this research project will:

• establish the typical satellite financing models, and the financing challenges faced by regional satellite operators;
• assess the state of Asia-Pacific satellite financing law and accompanying regulatory regimes by in-depth study of selected jurisdictions, including Singapore;
• examine the legal reforms that have taken place outside the region, and at the international level, regarding the perfection and priority of interests in satellites; and
• analyse potential improvements to Asia-Pacific satellite financing regimes.

Project has concluded.

Publications

• Nelson, Jack Wright, ‘NewSpace, Old Problems: Asset-Based Satellite Financing in the Asia-Pacific’, [2021] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 354