Space Traffic Management and Coordinated Controls for Near-space

Abstract

Adequacy of current global structures for space traffic management, for space situational awareness, and for near-space and protozone regulation and control, particularly to meet challenges associated with more and more States becoming space-faring nations; The relationship among space traffic management, orbital debris monitoring, active debris removal, on-orbit servicing, and orbital transfer of space objects. Adequacy of global space governance (particularly the issues of jurisdiction and regulatory competency) to effectively regulate space traffic management for the protozone, and the near-space area below outer space. Specific and appropriate recommendations as to global governance actions that should be taken to ameliorate current and future conditions for space traffic management, etc., along with the forum(s) where positive action might be taken, in order to ensure the sustainable use of space for peaceful purposes and for the benefit of all humankind.