The Current State of Space Situational Awareness
A short story about everyday traffic reveals the key to safe and sustainable operations in Earth orbit.
SatDFR Comments to FCC NPRM 18-313 on Debris Mitigation
Below are our comments to the FCC on mitigation of space debris: Click here for NPRM 18-313 Click here for a PDF of our response February 20, 2019 By electronic filing Ms. Marlene H. Dortch Secretary Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street S.W....Catcher’s Mitt Final Report
The Catcher’s Mitt study was conducted to evaluate the need for, and the technical feasibility of, reducing the amount of orbital debris via active removal. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) with support from the Orbital Debris Office at NASA...Pay Me Now or Pay Me More Later
The objective of this paper is to examine when the aerospace community should proceed to develop and deploy active debris removal solutions. A two-prong approach is taken to examine both (1) operational hazard thresholdsand (2) economic triggers. Research in the paper...Space Surveillance Network Requirements for SSA/STM
If we were to write a requirements document today for a sensor network to provide adequate space situational awareness (SSA) to enable reliable space traffic management (STM), it would look very different.