Eurospace Position Paper “Support our ability to access and operate in space in a secure, safe and sustainable way”

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Industry and institutions have a shared interest: to operate in space, and to promote space operations, in a sovereign, secure, safe and sustainable way.

The Earth’s orbit is today populated by a large amount of space objects; whether they are operational or not. With the evolving nature of the Earth orbit from a state to a commercial resource, the congestion of the space environment will worsen, thus increasing collision and interference risks and the complexity of decision-making processes concerning the evasion and collision avoidance manoeuvres.

As the number of active orbital objects increase alongside the need for a more sustainable use of the space domain, timely and accurate Space Situational Awareness (SSA) data is becoming a valuable asset of strategic and economic significance.

In its new Position Paper “Support our ability to access and operate in space in a secure, safe and sustainable way”, available HERE, the European Space Industry, represented by Eurospace, provides recommendations for the evolution of European SSA, aiming to address the multifaceted challenges Europe faces in ensuring its safety and security in accessing and using orbit.