Space Traffic Management — Space Infrastructure, Operations & Orbital Safety — Satellize

14.1Subsection · 5 applications

Space Traffic Management

Technicians sitting at multiple screens displaying radar and orbital tracking data in a control room — An air traffic control tower mirrors the ground-based infrastructure that helps track and safeguard satellites orbiting above.

How Satellites Are Tracked and Kept Safe

1
Sensor network
Radar and telescopes detect orbital objects
2
Downlink & relay
Raw tracking data transmitted to ground stations
3
Conjunction analysis
AI models compute collision probability windows
4
Operator alert
Manoeuvre warnings issued to satellite operators

Ground sensors feed orbital data into conjunction-analysis software, issuing collision-avoidance alerts to satellite operators worldwide.

Other areas in Space Infrastructure, Operations & Orbital Safety

All of space infrastructure

Orbital Debris Monitoring

Subsection 14.1 — Space Infrastructure, Operations & Orbital Safety

Space Traffic Management

5 applications.

Applications

14.1.1 Conjunction Assessment & Avoidance — Detecting, assessing and responding to close-approach events between active satellites and debris before they become collisions.
14.1.2 Catalogue Maintenance — Continuously tracking, identifying and updating the orbital state vectors of every catalogued object in Earth orbit using ground-based and space-based sensors.
14.1.3 Manoeuvre Coordination — Coordinating collision-avoidance manoeuvres between satellite operators in real time, ensuring that one operator's evasive action does not create a new hazard for a third party.
14.1.4 STM Standards & Interoperability — Developing and enforcing national technical standards that allow a sovereign STM system to exchange data and coordinate actions with international counterparts without ceding operational control.
14.1.5 National STM Authority Operations — Running a sovereign space traffic management authority that monitors, coordinates and enforces safe orbital operations within a nation's licensed and jurisdictional remit.