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
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
(Space) Ships Passing in the Night: Translating Maritime Rules of the Road for the Space Domain
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
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
Slash the Trash: Down with Dead Satellites
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/slash-trash-down-dead-satellites
Space Grows Faster When It's Safer: Safety and Sustainability
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode006-space-grows-faster-when-its-safer-safety-and-sustainability
Large Constellation Disposal Hazards
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode005-large-constellation-disposal-hazards
Developing a Sustainable Spectrum Approach for 5G Services & Critical Weather Forecasts with David Lubar
https://csps.aerospace.org/events/show/episode003-developing-sustainable-spectrum-approach-5g-services-critical-weather
The Future of the Night Sky: Light Pollution from Satellites
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/future-night-sky-light-pollution-satellites
Large Constellation Disposal Hazards
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/large-constellation-disposal-hazards
Establishing Space Traffic Management Standards, Guidelines, and Best Practices
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/establishing-space-traffic-management-standards-guidelines-and-best-practices
Game Changer: On Orbit Servicing
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/game-changer-orbit-servicing
Good Neighbors: How and When to Share Spectrum
https://csps.aerospace.org/papers/good-neighbors-how-and-when-share-spectrum
OPINION: Filling the Gaps in Space Traffic Management
https://csps.aerospace.org/news/2018-08-31-opinion-filling-gaps-space-traffic-management
Space Traffic Operations & Debris Podcasts
Featured Experts
Lina Cashin
Role
Senior Project Engineer, Defense Strategic Space
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/lina-cashin
Marlon Sorge
Role
Technical Fellow, Space Innovation Directorate
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/marlon-sorge
Barbara Manganis Braun
Role
Assistant General Manager, Agile Acquisitions Division
https://csps.aerospace.org/experts/barbara-manganis-braun