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
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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
No Haven for Misbehavin': A Framework for Verifying Space Norms
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https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/no-haven-misbehavin-framework-verifying-space-norms
How to Deal With Rocket Boosters and Other Giant Space Garbage
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https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2022-01-31-how-deal-rocket-boosters-and-other-giant-space-garbage
Do space tourists really understand the risk they're taking?
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https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2021-08-05-do-space-tourists-really-understand-risk-theyre-taking
Building Normentum- Norms of Behavior in Space
![Episode 67 Screencap Melograna Dickey](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-08/E67%20-%20NormsInSpace.jpg?h=c673cd1c&itok=_Wia3WQy)
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode067-building-normentum-norms-behavior-space
Building Normentum: A Framework for Space Norm Development
![Strategic Framework thumbnail](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-07/FY21_10504_CSPS_Dickey_A-Strategic-Framework_Thumbnail.jpeg?itok=qQw1oa0H)
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/building-normentum-framework-space-norm-development
The Space Shot: Episode 427: Building Normentum with Robin Dickey
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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
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https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2021-04-27-1-big-thing-make-or-break-moment-cleaning-space-junk
Active Debris Removal: Policy and Legal Feasibility
![ADR Legal Feasibility Image](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-08/ADR%20Legal%20Feasibility%20Thumbnail.jpeg?itok=1QRpNtnV)
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/active-debris-removal-policy-and-legal-feasibility
David Livingston's The Space Show: Broadcast 3672
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https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2021-04-18-david-livingstons-space-show-broadcast-3672
Protecting Airspace from Space Debris
![E57.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-11/E57.jpg?h=c5faa6b3&itok=9uOft1cq)
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode057-protecting-airspace-space-debris
Space Traffic Operations & Debris Podcasts
Featured Experts
Lina Cashin
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Role
Senior Project Engineer, Defense Strategic Space
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/lina-cashin
Marlon Sorge
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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