Abstract:
This work examines the standards and governance considerations required for a space domain increasingly populated by commercial human spaceflight activities alongside large satellite constellations. It traces the transition of human spaceflight from state-led programs to commercial operators and highlights the resulting safety, sustainability, and coordination challenges. The presentation emphasizes the interdependence of Space Situational Awareness, Space Traffic Management, and Space Traffic Coordination as foundational elements for protecting human life in space. It reviews existing and emerging international standards, including ISO and CCSDS data exchange standards, that support collision avoidance, data integrity, and interoperable space traffic coordination. The analysis underscores regulatory gaps in commercial human spaceflight, particularly under informed consent frameworks and limited safety oversight. The work concludes that robust international standards, transparent data sharing, and coordinated governance mechanisms are essential to ensuring safe, sustainable, and scalable human activity in Earth orbit and beyond.
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Mark A. Skinner (1), Dan Oltrogge (2), Maruska Strah (3), Robert J. Rovetto (4), Andre Lacroix (5), A K Anil Kumar (6), Kyran Grattan (7), Laurent Francillout (8), Ines Alonso, Skinner, M.A., Oltrogge, D.L., Strah, M., Rovetto, R.J., Lacroix, A., Anik Kumar, A.K., Grattan, K., Francillout, L., Alonso, I., "Space Traffic Management Terminology," 2022 Journal of Space Safety Engineering.
