NEW YORK — A bill introduced in the House to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration includes a provision directing the agency to get involved in space traffic management, potentially duplicating ongoing work at the Commerce Department. The bipartisan leadership of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee introduced the FAA reauthorization […]
Space Traffic Management
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WASHINGTON — European officials say they’re making progress to achieve “strategic autonomy” in space traffic management by building up both capabilities and policy. During a session at the 15th European Space Conference Jan. 25, representatives from the European Commission, European Space Agency and industry said they were making progress in […]
WASHINGTON — The Commerce Department has outlined the services it proposes to offer free of charge to satellite operators from the space traffic management system it is developing. In a request for information (RFI) published Jan. 26, the department’s Office of Space Commerce listed what services it anticipates offering through […]
COMSPOC., ExoAnalytic Solutions, Kayhan Space, KBR, NorthStar, Slingshot Aerospace and the Space Data Association will participate in a pilot project WASHINGTON — The Office of Space Commerce and the Department of Defense announced Dec. 6 they have selected six commercial firms to prototype space traffic data platforms that track objects […]
OSC Director Richard DalBello said the standup of a civilian space traffic management office is moving along, but cautioned the process will be incremental RESTON, Va. — The Office of Space Commerce is working to build out an infrastructure able to handle the demands of tracking tens of thousands of […]
WASHINGTON — The Departments of Commerce and Defense have signed an agreement to cooperate on transferring responsibility for civil and commercial space traffic management. Don Graves, deputy secretary of commerce, announced the memorandum of agreement, or MOA, between his department and the Pentagon during a Sept. 9 meeting of the […]
It’s unclear how much longer industries and governments can continue to operate safely in space without globally coordinated traffic management, says a new report from the Atlantic Council WASHINGTON — Commercial and government activities in outer space are increasingly endangered by rapidly growing congestion in the space environment. And it’s […]
WASHINGTON — The new head of the Office of Space Commerce says he’s talking with industry on how his office can best take over civil space traffic management while also potentially taking on more regulatory responsibilities. Speaking June 22 at the Fourth Summit for Space Sustainability by the Secure World […]