International Space Traffic Management: Charting a Course for Long-Term Sustainability
Abstract
As outer space becomes more congested, contested, and competitive, the risks to space safety, security, and sustainability heighten. Against this backdrop, the authors used a review of relevant literature and official documents, as well as interviews and workshops with subject-matter experts, to identify possible lessons for future space traffic management (STM) from past approaches to international traffic management and common resource management and offer recommendations to make progress in STM. Lessons from the history of the maritime and air domains and the development and implementation of international organizations within those domains help provide a pathway for the development of an international space traffic management organization (ISTMO). An ISTMO will need to achieve sufficient legitimacy and operational power to effectively manage the space domain.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 06, 2023
- Accession Number
- AD1202870
Entities
People
- Abdullah Ar Rafee
- Adi Rao
- Akhil Rao
- Bruce Mcclintock
- Dan Mccormick
- Douglas C. Ligor
- Hanjun Lee
- Katie Feistel
- Kotryna Juknevicutte
- Marissa Herron
- Michael Fenner
- Taylor Grosso
- Thomas Van Bibber
- Tomas Urbina
Organizations
- RAND Corporation