May 2017
Future space applications and their regulatory needs
... satellite applications community. These are related to complex and difficult issues of spectrum needs, orbital crowding, space traffic management, liability and orbital debris. The near-Earth orbital domain is severely polluted with debris. We are...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... sustainable in order to have an Earth that is sustainable as well. Over the past few years, Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Space Traffic Management (STM) have become important topics of discussion around the world as government and industry...
04 September 2019
A near miss as ESA and SpaceX satellites nearly collide
... show the urgent need for proper space traffic management, with clear communication protocols and more automation. This is how air traffic control has worked for many decades, and now space operators need to get together to define automated...
October 2025
High-altitude platforms - the search for an optimised legal framework
... and regulation to an area of incidental concern Efforts to date have focused on what may provide an effective air and space traffic management system, but little significant progress is being made towards defining the optimum legal framework for the...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... in an increasingly congested environment. Eventually, FAA/AST should be designated as the lead US government agency for space traffic management, complete with authority to take action to minimise collisions of objects on orbit. This will take time...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... JAXA These uncertainties coalesce with other risks and all point to the need for an institutional form of space traffic management because the existing international legal regime does not address such concerns in anything approaching a comprehensive...
