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
Issue Brief: A Short Guide for Understanding and Assessing U.S. Space Sustainability Initiatives
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https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/issue-brief-short-guide-understanding-and-assessing-us-space-sustainability-initiatives
Active Debris Removal
![E55.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-11/E55.jpg?h=79a77ef2&itok=a1BZvWsu)
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode055-active-debris-removal
Game Changer: Triggers and Effects of an Active Debris Removal Market
![Game-changer-thumbnail.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2022-07/Game-changer-thumbnail.jpg?h=30af9814&itok=x32T4y5w)
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/game-changer-triggers-and-effects-active-debris-removal-market
CubeSat Industry Day Outbrief
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode048-cubesat-industry-day-outbrief
CubeSat Confusion: Technical and Regulatory Considerations
![Cubesat confusion image](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-08/cubesat%20confusion%20Thumbnail.jpeg?itok=iioW7ubA)
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/cubesat-confusion-technical-and-regulatory-considerations
Light Pollution From Satellites
![Riesbeck Koller Light Pollution Image](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-08/Riesbeck-Koller_Light-Pollution_F2-thumbnail.jpeg?itok=yehafeK9)
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/light-pollution-satellites
Airspace Integration in an Era of Growing Launch Operations
![Launch Image](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-08/45715171884_cf21dd3b56_z.jpeg?itok=2YLOamFX)
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/airspace-integration-era-growing-launch-operations
Space Traffic Management: The Challenges of Large Constellations and Orbital Debris
![Space Traffic Image](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-08/PolicyPaper_SpaceTraffic01.jpeg?itok=qQbSKci5)
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/space-traffic-management-challenges-large-constellations-and-orbital-debris
Slash the Trash: Incentivising Deorbit
![E18.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-11/E18.jpg?h=e3d927fc&itok=WrNhiL9f)
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode018-slash-trash-incentivising-deorbit
Cislunar Stewardship: Planning for Sustainability and International Cooperation
![Vedda Pollock Cislunar Image](/sites/default/files/styles/card_row/public/2021-08/Vedda-Pollock_Cislunar_thumbnail.jpeg?itok=1JrogbqT)
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/cislunar-stewardship-planning-sustainability-and-international-cooperation
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