FAA official says agency willing to carry space traffic management role

By Courtney Albon / April 7, 2016 at 6:08 PM
A top official in the Federal Aviation Administration's commercial space transportation office said this week the agency is willing to take on responsibility for space traffic management but that a consensus needs to be reached on how that role should take shape and be implemented. As industry projects a steep increase in the number of on-orbit satellites over the next decade and the Defense Department prepares to roll out significant improvements to its ability to see and track satellites and...

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