Better Data Needed Before STM Rules, SIA's Jones Says
Some kind of international space traffic management (STM) rules regime is urgently needed, with as many as 120,000 satellites potentially in orbit by decade's end, but first, there needs to be better data on what's on orbit, Satellite Industry Association…
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Policy Senior Director Therese Jones said Tuesday in a Wilson Center webinar. There's little transparency regarding DOD data, and there needs to be an open architecture data repository of not just governmental space situational awareness data, but also planned maneuvers of operators, she said. Aerospace Defense Systems Operations Vice President Jamie Morin said that given the "dramatic democratization" of space, with more countries operating there or interested, the U.S. needs to lead -- not unilaterally act -- on setting STM norms.