Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Concepts and Cartographies
6. 1. The Invention of Air Space, Outer Space, and Cyberspace 19
7. 2. Dethroning the View from Above: Toward a Critical Social Analysis of Satellite Ocularcentrism 42
8. 3. The Geostationary Orbit: A Critical Legal Geography of Space’s Most Valuable Real Estate 61
9. 4. “Freedom to Communicate”: Ideology and the Global in the Iridium Satellite Venture 82
10. 5. The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System: From Military Tool to Global Utility 99
11. 6. Satellites, Oil, and Footprints: Eutelsat, Kazsat, and Post-Communist Territories in Central Asia 122
12. II. Satellite Mediascapes
13. 7. From Satellite to Screen: How Arab TV Is Shaped in Space 143
14. 8. Beyond the Terrestrial?: Networked Distribution, Multimodal Media, and the Place of the Local in Satellite Radio 156
15. 9. Crossing Borders: The Introduction and Legislation of Satellite Radio in Canada 177
16. 10. WorldSpace Satellite Radio and the South African Footprint 194
17. 11. Content vs. Delivery: The Global Battle for German Satellite Television 204
18. III. Orbital Matters
19. 12. When Satellites Fall: On the Trails of Cosmos 954 and USA 193 221
20. 13. AFP-731 or The Other Night Sky: An Allegory 238
21. 14 Microsatellites: A Bellwether of Chinese Aerospace Progress? 254
22. 15. Disjecta Membra, the Kármán Line, and the 38th Parallel 280
23. Contributors 293
24. Index 297