04 September 2019
A near miss as ESA and SpaceX satellites nearly collide
... show the urgent need for proper space traffic management, with clear communication protocols and more automation. This is how air traffic control has worked for many decades, and now space operators need to get together to define automated...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... in an increasingly congested environment. Eventually, FAA/AST should be designated as the lead US government agency for space traffic management, complete with authority to take action to minimise collisions of objects on orbit. This will take time...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... JAXA These uncertainties coalesce with other risks and all point to the need for an institutional form of space traffic management because the existing international legal regime does not address such concerns in anything approaching a comprehensive...
September 2019
Expectations in a connected world
... sustainability. This has been addressed to some extent with the push to implement Space Traffic Management (STM). However, there are concerns that, while spectrum management has been included in the European STM programme, within the USA it covers...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
...we consider to be of paramount importance, so Portugal is supporting it through different initiatives in the domain of Space Situational Awareness and Space Traffic Management. As a country, we are also very active in active debris removal, being the...
14 June 2021
G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of space
...developing common standards, best practices and guidelines related to sustainable space operations alongside the need for a collaborative approach for space traffic management and co-ordination. We call on all nations to work together, through groups...
