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Space Traffic Operations & Debris
Pack It In, Pack It Out: Updating Policy and Standards for Cislunar Sustainability
Without an urgent effort to revise the Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices (ODMSP) and the downstream requirements, does the community run the risk of setting bad precedents with a patchwork of exceptions, waivers, and idiosyncratic interpretations of the rules that will imperil the long-term sustainability of space beyond GEO?
Featured Papers
Pack It In, Pack It Out: Updating Policy and Standards for Cislunar Sustainability
Without an urgent effort to revise the Orbital Debris Mitigation Standard Practices (ODMSP) and the downstream requirements, does the community run the risk of setting bad precedents with a patchwork of exceptions, waivers, and idiosyncratic interpretations of the rules that will imperil the long-term sustainability of space beyond GEO?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/pack-it-pack-it-out-updating-policy-and-standards-cislunar-sustainability
Game Changer: The Great Convergence and the Future of Satellite-Enabled Direct-to-Device
Will the Direct-to-Device (D2D) market, now the next big thing for the communications sector, fundamentally change the satcom market by expanding connectivity options for customers while bringing significant value to communication providers?
By Karen Jones & Audrey Allison
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/game-changer-great-convergence-and-future-satellite-enabled-direct-device
South Korea Country Brief
Although the Republic of Korea had a relatively late start in space, is it now emerging as a mature space nation with ambitious plans to grow its commercial space sector into a major industry?
By Sam Wilson
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/south-korea-country-brief
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US National Strategies for ISAM
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National Security
Reversal of nuclear-conventional entanglement in outer space
The reversal of nuclear-conventional entanglement in outer space poses strategic consequences
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2023-09-15-reversal-nuclear-conventional-entanglement-outer-space
Space Traffic Operations & Debris
Space Traffic Management Terminology
Space traffic management (STM) is a topic of much international discussion in the aerospace community. But what is STM?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-traffic-management-terminology
National Policies & International Relations
Competition In The Pacific
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/2021-12-02-competition-pacific
The Business of Space
The Geo-economics of ISAM
How do standards, interoperability and competition play into ISAM policy-making?
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode130-geo-economics-isam
Science & Technology
US National Strategies for ISAM
What strategies are being employed at the national level by civil and defense to support the domestic ISAM industry and technology base?
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode129-us-national-strategies-isam
Exploration, Society, & the Future
Forging Ahead in Cislunar
The National Cislunar Science & Technology Strategy was released by the White House in November 2022. How does this visionary strategy lean into the interests of the US, our international partners, and industry?
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode125-forging-ahead-cislunar