Space Traffic Operations & Debris
Subhead
The increase of orbital debris and spectrum competition are just a couple of the ways that space is growing more crowded. To address the growing risks to operating in space safely and to our ability to sustain current and future space activities, CSPS research raises awareness of these issues and explores solutions for safe and sustainable space operations.
Featured Papers
Active Debris Removal: Policy and Legal Feasibility
The last few decades have seen a growth in both the complexity of space operations and the number of commercial entrants into the space economy. The resulting increase in space debris engenders a need for viable active debris removal (ADR) strategies in spite of seemingly insurmountable legal challenges. Can the legal questions associated with ADR be resolved with a bottom-up approach involving pathfinder missions based on permission and consent?
By Josef Koller
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/active-debris-removal-policy-and-legal-feasibility
Issue Brief: A Short Guide for Understanding and Assessing U.S. Space Sustainability Initiatives
Key lines of effort, extrapolated from SPD-3 and reinforced in the 2020 NSP, guide understanding and assessment of recent efforts, and provides insights into where new and continuing efforts should be focused.
By Michael Gleason
Published Date
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/issue-brief-short-guide-understanding-and-assessing-us-space-sustainability-initiatives
Game Changer: Triggers and Effects of an Active Debris Removal Market
Space debris presents such a significant concern that the creation of an active debris removal (ADR) market may be necessary to sustain the space environment. What challenges must be addressed for an ADR market to grow?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/game-changer-triggers-and-effects-active-debris-removal-market
Latest Papers, Events & News
Space Rescue
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode068-space-rescue
Do space tourists really understand the risk they're taking?
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2021-08-05-do-space-tourists-really-understand-risk-theyre-taking
Building Normentum- Norms of Behavior in Space
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode067-building-normentum-norms-behavior-space
The Space Shot: Episode 427: Building Normentum with Robin Dickey
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2021-07-05-space-shot-episode-427-building-normentum-robin-dickey
1 big thing: A make-or-break moment for cleaning up space junk
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2021-04-27-1-big-thing-make-or-break-moment-cleaning-space-junk
David Livingston's The Space Show: Broadcast 3672
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2021-04-18-david-livingstons-space-show-broadcast-3672
Protecting Airspace from Space Debris
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode057-protecting-airspace-space-debris
Active Debris Removal
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode055-active-debris-removal
CubeSat Industry Day Outbrief
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode048-cubesat-industry-day-outbrief
CubeSat Confusion: Technical and Regulatory Considerations
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/cubesat-confusion-technical-and-regulatory-considerations
Featured Experts
Josef Koller
Role
Systems Director, Center for Space Policy and Strategy
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/josef-koller
Rebecca Reesman
Role
Senior Project Engineer, Space Enterprise
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/rebecca-reesman
Lina Cashin
Role
Senior Project Engineer, National Security Space Programs Policy & Oversight
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/lina-cashin
William Ailor
Role
Aerospace Fellow
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/william-ailor
Marlon Sorge
Role
Principal Engineer, Space Innovation Directorate
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/marlon-sorge
Barbara Manganis Braun
Role
Systems Director, Agile Space Acquisition and Implementation
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/barbara-manganis-braun