September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... challenges. This starts with space situational awareness. Graphic depicting satellites and their orbits demonstrates how the space around Earth is contested and congested. By default, the DoD maintains space situational awareness (SSA) and reports...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
...their roles and responsibilities. Of course, operators may already understand the importance of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) but this is an industry-wide responsibility. Second, and perhaps most importantly, we must promote greater collaboration...
October 2019
Space-based cybersecurity challenges for NATO
... track and guide weapons to destroy targets. Its elements include a space tracking and surveillance system. Space situational awareness Although space situational awareness (SSA) is not named as a core capability by NATO, its utility is acknowledged...
July 2014
Beware the situation: how JSpOC tracks space debris
... the inclusion of new and non-traditional observational data providers to enhance our Space Situational Awareness (SSA). As the number of objects in the space domain increases, our SSA capabilities must increase proportionally to meet the challenge...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... many societies depend, but also direct loss of human life, due to a lack of adequate space situational awareness, and the absence of an institutionalised system of space traffic management (STM). They are not strange bedfellows after all because...
12 June 2017
US spy satellite buzzes ISS
... lead to the ISS close approach a month later. “It would be extremely sloppy of them - from a Space Situational Awareness (SSA) viewpoint - if they were not aware, especially given how close the orbital parameters are to that of the ISS.” He adds...
