Commerce Lays Out Global SSA Vision

Space situational awareness in the future will be a global, coordinated effort with a network of national or regional hubs providing spacecraft operators with SSA information and services, Commerce's Office of Space Commerce said Monday. That kind of coordination "also lays the foundation for future Space Traffic Coordination efforts," as space operators will need consistent information about the likelihood of possible conjunctions, it said. "Recognizing that space requires truly global cooperation, we will also seek to open lines of communication with nations operating SSA systems that have not traditionally coordinated their efforts with the United States." it said.