Several Senators introduced the SAFE Orbit Act, which would formally authorize the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) to develop and operate a space traffic coordination system, including maintaining a public catalog and providing basic services at no charge. The Office is already developing such a system, called the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS).
The Situational Awareness of Flying Elements in (SAFE) Orbit Act would encourage the development of commercial space capabilities by directing the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) within the U.S. Department of Commerce to acquire and disseminate unclassified data, analytics, information, and services on space activities and space traffic coordination, including in low-earth orbit.
The bill would allow OSC to conduct space situational awareness (SSA) and space traffic management (STM) activities, and direct OSC to:
Make basic-level SSA data, analytics, information, and services available for public use through an easily accessible web-based interface at no charge to the end user;
Maintain a public catalogue of SSA data and information and maximize the use of satellite owner and operator data, U.S. Government (USG) data, and the usage of commercial services, data, analytics, information, services, and platforms;
Facilitate the development and adoption of voluntary industry consensus standards to ensure data standardization with satellite owners and operators, commercial service providers, the academic community, and nonprofits;
Collaborate with USG and foreign government operators to encourage participation in data-sharing with respect to their assets in orbit;
And prioritize purchasing data, analytics, information, and services from commercial SSA providers and ensure any licensing agreements enable private U.S. firms to continue market growth and protect proprietary commercial systems and data.
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