Safety of Spaceflight: Looking back at the past decade, looking ahead at the next five years
Channel: Secure World Foundation
Date: 2020-07-31

The Space Data Association (SDA) was one of the first efforts by industry to share space situational awareness (SSA) data and coordinate efforts to enhance safety of spaceflight. Its Space Data Center is 10 years old as of July 15, 2020. The Secure World Foundation hosted a webinar to highlight this decade-long successful collaborative effort and to talk about ways in which international partners, newspace actors, and other emerging space stakeholders are changing SSA needs and how SSA data sharing can help promote the long-term sustainability of space for all.

A keynote speech, "The Space Data Association: Ten Years of Flight Safety Services," was given by Pascal Wauthier, SES, who discussed how the organization was created and evolved over the past decade.

This was followed by a panel which will examine safety of spaceflight policy gaps and challenges over the next five years. Participants discussed what is needed in space policy, SSA, and space traffic coordination and management regulations, norms, and international cooperative efforts in order to ensure safety of spaceflight and a predictable, stable space environment.

Moderator: Victoria Samson, Washington Office Director, SWF

Panelists:
Mrunalini Deshpande, Researcher
Mark Dickinson, Space Data Association Executive Director and Deputy CTO, VP Space Segment – Inmarsat
Mark Mulholland, retired USAF and retired NOAA; currently a consultant to the Director, Office of Space Commerce
Daniel L. Oltrogge, Space Safety Coalition and SDC Program Mgr.
Regina Peldszus, Senior Policy Officer, DLR, and co-chair, EU SST