Terms of Use — Gunter's Space Page

Last updated: 27.07.2026

1. Informational Nature of the Website

This website is provided solely for informational purposes. Accessing or using this website does not create any contractual relationship between the user and Gunter's Space Page beyond these Terms of Use.

2. Ownership and Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, all content on Gunter's Space Page — including but not limited to data, text, charts, timelines, mission descriptions, images, compilations, structure, and layout — is protected by copyright and related intellectual property laws. All rights are reserved.

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the content for informational purposes, including in a commercial context (e.g., using data or information from this website to inform your own analysis, research, or reports). This license does not permit republishing, redistributing, or reproducing content from this website, nor integrating or incorporating any text, data compilations, or other content into commercial products, services, databases, or platforms, as set out in Section 3 below. Statutory rights under applicable copyright law, including quotation rights under § 51 UrhG, remain unaffected.

In addition to copyright protection, the compilation of data on this website — including the satellite and launch databases — constitutes a database within the meaning of §§ 87a et seq. UrhG (Sui-generis-Datenbankschutz / database maker's right). Gunter's Space Page, as the maker of this database, holds the exclusive right to prohibit the extraction or re-utilization of the database in whole or of a substantial part thereof, evaluated qualitatively or quantitatively. Repeated and systematic extraction or re-utilization of insubstantial parts of the database, where such acts conflict with the normal exploitation of the database or unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the database maker, is likewise prohibited (§ 87b Abs. 1 S. 2 UrhG).

3. Restrictions on Republishing and Derived Works

Without prior written permission, you may not (this does not prohibit using information from this website to inform independent analysis, commentary, or reports that do not reproduce the underlying text or data itself):

• Republish, redistribute, or reproduce any content from this website in any form;
• Create derivative works, databases, compilations, or systematic reproductions of the content;
• Integrate or incorporate content into other websites, applications, services, research projects, commercial products, or data platforms;
• Systematically extract data or substantial parts of the content.

Automated scraping, harvesting, or systematic data extraction is prohibited.

4. Prohibition on Use for AI Training and Dataset Creation

The content of this website may not be used for training, fine-tuning, evaluating, benchmarking, or improving artificial intelligence systems, machine learning models, large language models (LLMs), or automated systems of any kind without explicit prior written consent.

This prohibition applies to:

• Automated scraping or crawling;
• Manual or automated dataset creation;
• Use for commercial, academic, or private AI development purposes.

To the extent applicable under Directive (EU) 2019/790 (DSM Directive), text and data mining is expressly reserved. Any statutory text and data mining exceptions apply only where legally mandatory.

5. Limited Permission for Automated Non-Substitutive Summaries

Automated systems may generate non-substitutive summaries of individual pages solely if all of the following conditions are met:

• The summary includes the full and exact page title;
• The publisher "Gunter's Space Page" is clearly named;
• A direct, clickable hyperlink to the canonical URL of the summarized page is included;
• The summary does not reproduce more than 200 consecutive words from the original page.

The summary must not substitute for visiting the original page and must not reproduce substantial portions of the content. Any use exceeding these limitations requires prior written permission.

6. Citation Requirements

Where citation of content is legally permissible, including under statutory quotation rights, proper attribution is required.

Citations must include:

• The full page title;
• The publisher name;
• The full canonical URL;
• The date of retrieval.

Failure to provide appropriate attribution may constitute copyright infringement. Statutory rights under applicable copyright law remain unaffected.

7. Permitted Uses

You may:

• Access and read the website for informational purposes;
• Use brief excerpts where legally permitted, provided proper attribution is included.

All other uses require prior written consent.

8. Accuracy of Information

The information provided on this website is compiled with care. However, no guarantee is made regarding accuracy, completeness, reliability, or timeliness. Content may contain errors, omissions, or outdated information. Users are responsible for independently verifying information before relying on it.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by law, Gunter's Space Page shall be liable without limitation for damages resulting from:

• Intentional misconduct (Vorsatz);
• Gross negligence (grobe Fahrlässigkeit);
• Injury to life, body, or health;
• Liability under mandatory statutory provisions, including the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz), where applicable.

In cases of simple negligence, liability shall be limited to breaches of essential contractual or quasi-contractual obligations (Kardinalpflichten) and restricted to damages that were foreseeable and typical at the time of use. Liability for indirect damages, consequential damages, loss of profit, loss of data, or third-party claims against the user arising from reliance on the content is excluded to the extent legally permissible.

This limitation applies regardless of whether the content is used for personal, informational, or commercial purposes. Users relying on the content for commercial purposes, including analysis, research, or reports, do so at their own risk and are solely responsible for independently verifying the accuracy and completeness of any data before publication or commercial use.

10. External Links

This website may contain links to third-party websites. Gunter's Space Page has no control over the content or practices of external websites and assumes no responsibility for them. The inclusion of external links does not constitute endorsement.

11. Privacy and Data Protection

Information regarding the processing of personal data is provided in the separate Privacy Policy (Datenschutzerklärung), which forms an integral part of the website's legal framework. Users are encouraged to review the Privacy Policy.

12. Legal Notice (Impressum)

Operator information is provided in the legally required Impressum, which is accessible from this website in accordance with German law.

13. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding conflict-of-law provisions.

If the user is a merchant (Kaufmann) within the meaning of German commercial law, a legal entity under public law, or a special fund under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction shall be Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Mandatory statutory consumer protection provisions remain unaffected.

14. Changes to These Terms

Gunter's Space Page reserves the right to update or modify these Terms of Use at any time. The version published on the website at the time of access shall apply.

15. Severability

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

16. Contact

For permissions, licensing requests, or legal inquiries:

Gunter Krebs
Friedberger Landstr. 287a
60389 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Telephone: +49 175 453 61 81
Email: editor@skyrocket.de