When the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) proposed a jointly funded, but commercially operated RADARSAT-2 remote sensing satellite, the Government of Canada announced that it would regulate commercial remote sensing systems operated from Canada, in order to address Canadian security, defence and foreign policy issues that were bound to arise with increasingly higher performance satellites. The announcement included a 20 point Canadian Access Control Policy that, among other things, reserved the government's right to review and approve satellite systems, invoke shutter control over any satellite, and obtain priority access to satellite data. A year later, the June 16, 2000 Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America Concerning the Operation of Remote Sensing Satellite Systems, referring specifically to the RARARSAT-2 project, called on Canada to enact the Access Control Policy into law, and at the same time ensure that Canadian commercial satellites would be controlled in a "comparable manner" to United States systems. The lawyers in the Department of Justice knew that a challenging legislative drafting task lay ahead of them. Canada's Remote Sensing Space Systems Act is examined from the perspective of its drafters, explaining why it is written as it is. The Act reflects concerns about national security, defence, environmental protection, public safety and foreign policy interests, including the desirability of sensed states being able to obtain data about their own territory as set out in the U.N. Principles Relating to Remote Sensing of the Earth from Outer Space. The final product, which became law on November 25, 2005, meets Canada's needs by incorporating all aspects of the Canadian Access Control Policy, and at the same time meeting the comparability commitment in the Canada-US Agreement. This latter consideration is very important to the success of RADARSAT-2 because of the high degree of international cooperation involved, notably in obtaining US export permits for certain components of the satellite. Unexpected difficulties and pleasant surprises arising from the export control regime are described. This paper can serve as a "how to" guide for jurists from like-minded countries contemplating the regulation of commercial remote sensing satellite systems.
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机译：当加拿大航天局（CSA）和麦当劳（MacDonald，Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.）（MDA）提议共同出资但由商业运营的RADARSAT-2遥感卫星时，加拿大政府宣布将对加拿大运营的商业遥感系统进行监管为了解决加拿大的安全，国防和外交政策问题，这些问题必然会随着性能越来越高的卫星而出现。该公告包括20分加拿大访问控制政策，其中除其他事项外，保留了政府审查和批准卫星系统，对任何卫星实施快门控制并获得对卫星数据的优先访问权。一年后，加拿大政府与美利坚合众国政府之间于2000年6月16日签署的《关于遥感卫星系统运行的协定》，特别提到了RARARSAT-2项目，呼吁加拿大颁布访问控制法法律上的政策，并同时确保以“可比的方式”与美国系统控制加拿大的商业卫星。司法部的律师知道摆在他们面前的是一项具有挑战性的立法起草任务。从其起草者的角度审查了加拿大的《遥感空间系统法》，并解释了为什么按原样编写。该法案反映了对国家安全，国防，环境保护，公共安全和外交政策利益的关注，包括被感召的国家希望能够获得《联合国关于地球遥感的原则》中规定的自己领土的数据的愿望。外太空。最终产品于2005年11月25日成为法律，通过纳入《加拿大访问控制政策》的所有方面并同时满足《加拿大与美国协议》中的可比性承诺，满足了加拿大的需求。后一考虑因素对RADARSAT-2的成功非常重要，因为其中涉及国际合作的程度很高，尤其是在获得美国某些卫星组件的出口许可证方面。描述了出口管制制度带来的意想不到的困难和令人惊讶的惊喜。本文可以作为想法相似的国家的法学家考虑对商业遥感卫星系统进行监管的“如何”指南。
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