The geostationary orbit: A critical legal geography of space's most valuable real estate

Sociological Review

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 47-65

  Collis, Christy ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 65649087860     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01816.x     Document Type: Article

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