Towards space traffic management system

Çukurtepe H., AKGÜN İ.

Acta Astronautica, cilt.65, sa.5-6, ss.870-878, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 65 Sayı: 5-6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.03.063
  • Dergi Adı: Acta Astronautica
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.870-878
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Space traffic, Space traffic management system (STMS)
  • TED Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Space is getting more and more crowded because of the increasing number of space objects and the limited availability of prime orbital locations. The continual situation makes space operations more and more complicated by the time passes. This complexity requires more international coordination and data to be considered. The paper makes the case for a space traffic management system (STMS) and proposes a reference model for STMS. The proposed STMS performs five main services: Space Monitoring & Tracking Service, Space Data Management Service, Space Operation Service, Space Warning Service and Space Conflict Management Service. The paper elaborates and explains these services, taking into consideration the political and especially technical challenges together with pertinent international law, regulations and accepted practice. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.