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Vs Controller Design For Simulation Of The Spaceliner Suborbital Two-Staged Reusable Launch Vehicle Using Sifcdl (Simulation Integrated Flight Controller Development Lab), Frank Morlang, Sven Kaltenhaeuser

Space Traffic Management Conference

To allow the testing and evaluation of procedures and functionalities for an improved handling of space vehicle operation on ATM stakeholder level, a Space & Air Traffic Management (SATM) testbed has been established at DLR. It has to cover Aeronautical Information Management integration concepts, Air Traffic Control procedure adaptations and Air Traffic Controller Support as well as required System Wide Information Management (SWIM) based data exchange aspects. One key element of the SATM testbed is a Space Flight Simulator, which has been provided with a realistic flight dynamics model for the SpaceLiner orbiter, a two-staged suborbital RLV which aims at …

Space Data Association, T.S. Kelso

Space Traffic Management Conference

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Commercial Space Situational Awareness (Ssa) Capabilities And Their Benefits For Civilian Space Traffic Management (Stm), Mark A. Skinner

Space Traffic Management Conference

Paralleling (but lagging) satellite development, SSA, long the sole domain of sophisticated militaries, now includes commercial providers. These commercial capabilities, identified as beneficial to the sustainable use of outer space[1], have demonstrated technical sophistication sufficient to positively contribute to the mitigation of satellite interference and provide actionable SSA information. Utilizing small optical telescopes, these entities are able to determine the orbits of objects in the geosynchronous orbit (GSO) to sizes as small as 1 m², with measured positional uncertainties of 10s of meters, on the order of the size of a modern communications satellite. These techniques …

Keynote Speaker - Bill Davis, Bill Davis

Space Traffic Management Conference

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Keynote Speaker - Chairman Brian Babin, Brian Babin

Space Traffic Management Conference

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The Future Of International Spaceport Regulations: Which Response To Expect From The International Community?, Valentin Degrange

Space Traffic Management Conference

As humanity is today well into the 21^st century, we witness the appearance of new prospects for the utilization and exploitation of outer space, making outer space increasingly “contested, congested and competitive”¹. Many aspects of our daily lives have already come to depend on our occupation of Low Earth Orbits (LEO) and Geostationary Earth Orbits (GEO). As the number of space-related activities increases exponentially though, most notably in its commercial facet, so does the need for new spaceports and adequate regulations for the increased space traffic that will follow. The “big sky” theory which protected airborne travelers …

Space Traffic Management Concepts Leveraging Existing Frameworks, Stephen K. Hunter

Space Traffic Management Conference

Leveraging existing U.S. regulatory frameworks, as well as international organizations, will dramatically shorten the time needed to develop an effective Space Traffic Management concept. Both the Department of Defense and the Department of Transportation have been working with the U.S. Congress to define and develop a Space Traffic Management concept that will allow the Office of Commercial Space Launch to begin a new mission that will help to ensure the safety and resilience of the space domain. Outside observers can easily see forward progress toward this, still, undeveloped concept. This paper explores potential final U.S. Space Traffic Management concepts that …

The Reporting Requirements Of The U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act: Status, Analysis, And Legal Implications, Michael S. Dodge

Space Traffic Management Conference

In November of 2015, President Obama signed the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (CSLCA) into law. The CSLCA addresses many subjects orbiting the field of space activities, although much of the attention respecting the law has focused on the role of government astronauts, the processes associated with licensing private remote sensing systems, or the authorization of space resource extraction; yet, a curious theme has found itself woven throughout the fabric of the law—the requirement to report to Congress the results of studies and inter-agency discussions impacting on various components of current or proposed activities. The legal and regulatory implications …

Spaceways: Airspace In Outer Space, Scott Haeffelin

Space Traffic Management Conference

Forecasted future demand in space travel is driving the need for the development of space traffic management. Currently, orbital space traffic is mostly unregulated with internationally agreed upon best practices and self-interest driving space operators to avoid collisions with other spacecraft. This paper explores the future of space travel by presenting a concept of creating “airspace in space” or spaceways to manage the ever growing volumes of space traffic. Spaceways are analogous to airspace for aircraft with the goal of increasing levels of safety and reducing probabilities of collision. These goals can be achieved by creating traffic rules, defining valuable …

A Novel Approach For Controlled Deorbiting And Reentry Of Small Spacecraft, Larry H. Fineberg, Justin Treptow, Timothy Bass, Scott Clark, Yusef Johnson, Bradley Poffenberger

Space Traffic Management Conference

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Space Analysis And Research Centers (Sparcs) For Ssa Data And Analytics, Phillip Cunio, Brien Flewelling

Space Traffic Management Conference

Widespread use of massive data and increasing reliance on spaceborne infrastructure are two of the emerging megatrends of the early 21^st century. However, both come with liabilities: movement and processing of large data volumes is very expensive, and reliance on spaceborne infrastructure adds risk that problems in the still incompletely-understood space domain might cause work disruptions.

ExoAnalytic proposes the use of Space Analysis and Research Centers (SpARCs) as a way to begin addressing both these issues. A SpARC is a facility which integrates volumes of data collected on satellites, centrally analyzes it, and makes available resulting useful information. The …

Keynote Speaker - Laura Montgomery, Laura Montgomery

Space Traffic Management Conference

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Projecting Air Traffic Impact Of Blocked Airspaces, Amal Srivastava, Neil Gahart

Space Traffic Management Conference

FAA frequently blocks strategically located airspaces to ensure operational safety in the vicinity of hazardous operations such as space launches and military exercises. As demand for access to airspace continues to rise, the need for, and the impact of blocked airspaces is likely to grow. Users such as space operators have no advanced insights into potential NAS impact of airspaces blocked due to their operations, nor do they possess ways to minimize it. This paper presents a model that would give users this insight. The model estimates levels of air traffic likely to intersect arbitrary airspace volumes on a daily …

Unmanned Aircraft And Balloons In Class E Airspace Above Fl600, Challenges And Opportunities, Ruth E. Stilwell

Space Traffic Management Conference

This paper will examine the air traffic management issues related to the introduction of both high altitude unmanned aircraft and unmanned free balloons in the National Airspace System. It will examine the challenges of providing air traffic services in Class E airspace above FL600 including high endurance operations in that stratum. The paper will consider the different challenges presented by the variability in control of different aircraft types as well as the regulatory differences between space vehicles, unmanned free balloons and unmanned aircraft. In addition, it will consider the potential need to develop or amend policies and procedures to accommodate …

Air Traffic Impact Analysis Design For A Suborbital Point-To-Point Passenger Transport Concept, Tanja Luchkova, Sven Kaltenhaeuser, Frank Morlang

Space Traffic Management Conference

Space flight activities are growing on an international level, thereby creating an evident need for a safe and efficient integration of space vehicle operations into the air traffic system. For concepts like very high-speed intercontinental passenger transport via suborbital point-2-point flights, as it is proposed by the DLR SpaceLiner, this integration issue is becoming especially relevant. As part of a case study approach to analyse the effects of space vehicle operations on air traffic and to evaluate mitigation strategies and optimized ATM integration, a traffic impact analysis has been prepared and conducted for the SpaceLiner return trajectory towards a European …

Examining Time To Evacuate Dynamically Activated Aircraft Hazard Areas, Zheng Tao, Granghuai Wang, Ashley G. Williams, Jon L. Semanek, Jonathan L. Schwartz

Space Traffic Management Conference

The growth in launch and reentry operations in the National Airspace System (NAS) presents the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with the challenge of integrating them more efficiently while also minimizing effects on other NAS users and maintaining safety. Currently, to maintain safety and account for unforeseen events such as vehicle breakup, the FAA segregates large amounts of airspace, called Aircraft Hazard Areas (AHAs), from traditional NAS users during launch and reentry operations. In order to minimize effects on NAS users, some AHAs during reentry are dynamically activated only if an unexpected event occurs. If a dynamic AHA is activated, then …

Precision Orbital Placement Services, Scott Weintraub

Space Traffic Management Conference

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The Design And Capabilities Of Oscom System, Patrick Rupp, Joseph Stroup, Yevginy Lischuk, Sergei J. Balardi, Forrest W. Gasdia, Aroh Barjatya

Space Traffic Management Conference

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Integration Of Reusable Spacecraft Into The National Airspace System, Henry Neiberlien

Space Traffic Management Conference

In the rapidly evolving world of Aviation the traffic density above the United States will continue to worsen. New Technologies like Unmanned Aircraft and an increase in commercial aircraft traffic will strain the National Airspace System.. More and more launches are occurring from the United States, and this will stain the increasingly crowded airspace above us. In order to find a solution new technologies of the FAA NextGen program can be utilised to evolve space traffic management in our airspace. Especially reusable spacecraft which will transcend the airspace the most often, and sometimes from conventional airports. Instead of closing large …

Spaceports – Emerging Business Models, Janet Tinoco, Chunyan Yu

Space Traffic Management Conference

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Cooperative Integration Of Commercial Space Opera-Tions Into The National Airspace, Jazmyne B. Lones

Space Traffic Management Conference

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mission is to pro-vide a safe and efficient National Airspace System (NAS) for us-ers. The capacity of the NAS is increasing with the number of operations thus safety and efficiency must continue to update within the NAS. Currently, the NAS is being used in a segregated approach for integration of operations between NAS users. This segregated integration method is limiting the overall efficiency of the NAS of all users, including aviation and commercial space operations. Using cooperative integration, the FAA Air Traffic Organization (ATO) and Commercial Space Transportation (AST) must collaborate on an agreement to …

Managing Emergencies In Human Commercial Spaceflight With Space Traffic Management, Sarah Beattie

Space Traffic Management Conference

Emergencies in space are unavoidable, but with the assistance of some fundamental guidelines in space traffic management, these emergencies can be less severe or mitigated. These guidelines should consider the classification of accidents to find areas that need improvement in space traffic management. Space stations can be utilized to assess damage to a spacecraft in the case of debris hits. They can also be used to dock with a spacecraft, if conditions are met, to resolve any technical or structural problems to ensure successful reentry into the atmosphere. In addition to including universal docking capabilities for spacecraft, it is important …

Observational And Modeling Study Of Gravity Wave Propagation Through Reflection And Critical Layers, Bing Cao, Christopher J. Heale, Alan Z. Liu, Jonathan B. Snively, Fabia A. Vargas, Gary R. Swenson, Anthony D. Mangognia

Space Traffic Management Conference

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Space Weather Impacts On Aerospace And Modern Society, Katariina (Heidi) Nykyri

Space Traffic Management Conference

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Observations Of Small Satellites And Cubesats Using The Oscom System, Sergei Bilardi, Forrest Gasdia, Aroh Barjatya

Space Traffic Management Conference

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High Frame Rate, Simultaneous Multi-Point Observations Using The Oscom System, Sergei Bilardi, Forrest Gasdia, Aroh Barjatya

Space Traffic Management Conference

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Credential Pickup & Tours, Space Traffic Management

Space Traffic Management Conference

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Designing Laboratories For Small Scale Digital Device Forensics, Richard P. Mislan, Tim Wedge

Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law

The ubiquity of small scale digital devices (SSDD), the public’s ever increasing societal dependence on SSDD, and the continual presence of SSDD at all types of crime scenes, including non-technical and violent crimes, demand a formalized curriculum for the education and training of future cyber forensic examiners. This paper presents the various SSDD forensics labs currently in use and under development for future use at the Purdue University Cyber Forensics Laboratory. The primary objective of each module is to provide specific real-world cases for the learning, comprehension, and understanding of hands-on investigative techniques and methodologies. The purpose of this paper …

Network Forensic Investigation Of Internal Misuse/Crime In Saudi Arabia: A Hacking Case, Abdulrazaq Al-Murjan, Konstantinos Xynos

Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law

There are ad-hoc guidelines and a limited policy on computer incident response that does not include computer forensic preparation procedures (e.g. logging incidents). In addition, these guidelines do not consider the requirement of Islamic law for admissible evidence at an organisational level in Saudi Arabia. Network forensic investigation might breach the Saudi law if they follow ad-hoc or international digital forensic standards such as Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) guidelines. This might put the organisation in a costly situation when a malicious employee sues an Islamic court. This is because the law of Saudi Arabia is complying with Islamic …

Paper Session Ii: Computer Forensics Field Triage Process Model, Marcus K. Rogers, James Goldman, Rick Mislan, Timothy Wedge, Steve Debrota

Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law

With the proliferation of digital based evidence, the need for the timely identification, analysis and interpretation of digital evidence is becoming more crucial. In many investigations critical information is required while at the scene or within a short period of time - measured in hours as opposed to days. The traditional cyber forensics approach of seizing a system(s)/media, transporting it to the lab, making a forensic image(s), and then searching the entire system for potential evidence, is no longer appropriate in some circumstances. In cases such as child abductions, pedophiles, missing or exploited persons, time is of the essence. In …