The Space Data Association is now welcoming nominations for the third T.S. Kelso Award
The SDA presents the T.S. Kelso Award annually as a recognition of outstanding contributions to space flight safety of an individual or, if shared, multiple individuals, teams and organisations.
The SDA gives this award to celebrate and acknowledge substantial, innovative, long-term, and practical original contributions to the advancement of space safety, and also the preservation of the space environment in one or more of the following space disciplines: operations, applied research, technology, law, or policy.
The T.S Kelso Award for Space Safety 2022 was presented to Dr Holger Krag by SDA Technical Adviser, Dan Oltrogge at the IAC in Paris.
Left to Right: T.S. Kelso, Holger Krag, Dan Oltrogge
The first recipient of the award was T.S. Kelso, who the award is respectfully named after. T.S. Kelso’s professional career spanned decades of contributions in space operations, space situational awareness research and applications, creation of processes that enabled use of satellite operator data and tools to improve the understanding of space situational awareness and establishment of the Space Data Center. His leadership within the Space Data Centre provided technical improvements that ensured that the SDA stayed on the cutting edge of SSA accuracy.
Nominations are now closed for 2023, the winner will be announced shortly.
Previous winners:
2021 – Dr. T.S. Kelso
2022 – Holger Krag
Nominations may be made to the Space Data Association Ltd., including a description of the contribution(s) made by the nominee(s) and rationale for the award.
To join the SDA: https://www.space-data.org/sda/why-join