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.
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Featured Papers
Space Traffic Management Terminology
![Space traffic management (STM) is a topic of much international discussion in the aerospace community.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/FY22_11258_CSPS_SpaceTrafficMangeTerm_paper-cover_Thumbnail.jpg?h=b9fd117d&itok=hdXp0Zar)
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
(Space) Ships Passing in the Night: Translating Maritime Rules of the Road for the Space Domain
![Image of two ancient ships floating through a galaxy.](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-12/FY23_12662_CSPS_Sea-to-Space_Cover-Thumbnail.jpg?h=7e507adb&itok=BLDddCAv)
As space gets more crowded, the likelihood of collisions is increasing. Can “rules of the road” established for other domains be adapted for the space domain?
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-ships-passing-night-translating-maritime-rules-road-space-domain
Pack It In, Pack It Out: Updating Policy and Standards for Cislunar Sustainability
![Pack It In, Pack It Out cover image](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-09/FY23_11778_CSPS_Pack-It-In-Pack-It-Out_Thumbnail.jpg?h=49c981ba&itok=WOBn-UMQ)
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
Latest Papers, Events & News
Europe Eyes Sustainable Space
![SPS 136 Thumbnail](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2024-04/E136%20Thumbnail_0.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=hFXQv92P)
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode136-europe-eyes-sustainable-space
Striking A Balance Between Safety and Scrubs
![CSPS Cover Photo of Launch Site](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2023-07/CSPS_COVER_RANGE_IN_A_BOX_FINAL_THUMBNAIL.jpg?h=b9fd117d&itok=EQ1nny4r)
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/striking-balance-between-safety-and-scrubs
David Livingston's The Space Show: Broadcast 4047
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https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2023-06-30-david-livingstons-space-show-broadcast-4047
The Season of Space Sustainability
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode118-season-space-sustainability
Deep-sea exploration, mountain climbing, space travel: Who pays when things go wrong?
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https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2023-06-25-deep-sea-exploration-mountain-climbing-space-travel-who-pays-when-things-go-wrong
A Safety Framework for Commercial Human Spaceflight
![Exploration, Society, & the Future](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-08/AdobeStock_279030771_0.jpeg?h=902ec16b&itok=EjVn9omJ)
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2023-06-01-safety-framework-commercial-human-spaceflight
Say hello to the Commerce Department’s new space traffic-cop program
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https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2023-02-02-say-hello-commerce-departments-new-space-traffic-cop-program
1 big thing: The future of private human spaceflight
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https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2023-01-10-1-big-thing-future-private-human-spaceflight
Enabling a New Space Paradigm: Harnessing Space Mobility and Logistics
![CSPS Cover Photo for of Satellites and Earth](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2023-01/CSPS%20Cover_Enabling%20a%20New%20Space%20Paradigm%20%2811049%29_THUMBNAIL.jpg?h=06ac0d8c&itok=sR8W82hA)
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/enabling-new-space-paradigm-harnessing-space-mobility-and-logistics
Preserving the Value of Space
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode107-preserving-value-space
Space Traffic Operations & Debris Podcasts
Featured Experts
Lina Cashin
![Lina Cashin Webbio Photo](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_photo/public/2021-07/Cashin-webbio-pic-v2%20%281%29.jpeg?itok=ytInwigW)
Role
Senior Project Engineer, Defense Strategic Space
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/lina-cashin
Marlon Sorge
![Marlon Sorge Web Bio](/sites/default/files/styles/profile_photo/public/2021-07/Sorge-webbio-pic2.jpeg?itok=n8wUNeSB)
Role
Technical Fellow, Space Innovation Directorate
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/marlon-sorge
Barbara Manganis Braun
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Role
Assistant General Manager, Agile Acquisitions Division
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/barbara-manganis-braun