US Office of Space Commerce, EU Commission agree: Regional space traffic monitoring efforts need to be coordinated

by Peter B. de Selding

LA PLATA, Maryland — US and European Union government officials agreed they will need to coordinate their space traffic management systems to assure data consistency for satellite operators using the services for collision avoidance.

Both the US Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and the EU Commission Defense and Space Directorate (DG-Defis) are moving ahead with space traffic coordination initiatives despite facing uncertainties about these efforts’ future.

OSC’s Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) is not certain to survive final budget . . .

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