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[SatNews] The Space Data Association (SDA), established by commercial satellite operators to improve the safety and efficiency of space operations, has announced that the organization now provides conjunction assessment (CA) processing (assessing the physical proximity of objects in space) for more than 60 percent of all operational satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO).
Read More[SatNews] Energia, Russia's Rocket and Space Corporation, has the Company will build a special orbital pod designed for sweeping-up satellite debris from near-Earth space.
Read More[SatNews] The European Space Agency (ESA) has commissioned Indra to design the future radar system for the surveillance of objects close to the Earth, as well as the development of its working prototype of the Space Situational Awareness (SSA).
Read More[SatNews] The wayward satellite, nicknamed 'zombie' satellite by some because of its non response to directions and signals, may create some periodic loss of long-distance telephone and Internet service later this week for up to 35,000 people in rural Alaska.
Read MoreManSat, based in the Isle of Man, is going to be working with Inmarsat, Intelsat, and SES as the administrator of a new organization — the Space Data Association (SDA).
Read MoreOne of space's areas of concern is space debris, a current and growing threat to U.S. exploration activities.
Read MoreShared at Strasbourg, France, this week during the International Space University’s recently completed symposium on "Space for a Safe and Secure World,” the 2007 student study on Space Traffic Management recommended ways to prevent space collisions was released.
Read MoreThe recent collision between spacecraft and close encounters with orbital debris by the crew of the International Space Station has heightened interest in taking new steps in space traffic control.
Read MoreSatellites provide fast technology and faster communications — except when one agency needs to communicate to another of the potential collision, such as occurred this last week.
Read MoreYesterday SatNews reported about the commercial satellite that collided with a Russian satellite over Siberia on February 10th, which yielded a cloud of fragments, according to a NASA scientist tracking space debris.
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