The Space Data Association (SDA) recently talked about space safety at the SpaceOps 2023 Conference in Dubai. The Space Data Center (SDC) Programme Manager Dan Oltrogge of COMSPOC’s Center for Space Standards and Innovation, spoke about how the SDA is improving...
The space industry is growing exponentially and the need for all space users to operate in a responsible way is greater than ever. Unlike land or sea mass on Earth, or even airspace, space is a global domain, and no one country or organization can fully regulate and...
While the Space Age may have begun when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 on October 4th, 1957, it is only now getting to the point of proliferation, some 65 years later. There are currently around 6,900 functioning satellites in space and this is set to rapidly...
By Joe Chan, Chairman, The Space Data Association Towards the end of this year, I was named Chairman of the Space Data Association, taking Intelsat’s turn to hold the reins. I am really just getting started but have some big shoes to fill from the outgoing Chairman,...
Space debris falling back to Earth has hit the headlines several times in the last month, which is not surprising given the sheer scale of the orbital debris problem. According to the ESA, there are currently 36,500 space debris objects being tracked that are greater...
Following on from our hugely popular interview with T.S. Kelso, part 2 covers his thoughts on space sustainability, LEO’s impact on space safety and his plans beyond retirement. Is there enough cooperation amongst countries to manage the sustainability of space? To...
