Policy & sustainability · Governance
Space Traffic Management
The coordination of spacecraft operations — who moves, when, and how — to prevent collisions as orbits grow crowded. Unlike air or sea traffic, space has no established global authority to direct it, making it an urgent and unsolved governance problem.
Treaties, bodies & topics
Across space policy
Knowledge connections
- Associated withSpace Situational Awareness
- Associated withSpace Situational Awareness
- Associated withMega-Constellations
- Associated withMega-Constellations
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.