Qantas delays South Africa flights due to risk from SpaceX rockets' re-entry Australian flag carrier Qantas has had to delay several flights on the Sydney-Johannesburg route over the past few weeks on the U.S. government's advice regarding the re-entry of SpaceX rockets over a part of the southern Indian Ocean, the airline said on Tuesday.

Qantas delayed several flights on the Sydney-Johannesburg route over the past few weeks due to the re-entry of SpaceX rockets over a part of the southern Indian Ocean, the airline said on Tuesday. Safety issue.

#spacejunk #LEO #spacecoastguard #aidstonavigation @drspacejunk

The US Coast Guard mission includes:

1. Search and rescue.
2. Safeguarding the maritime environment by enforcing U.S. and int’l laws and responding to incidents.
3. Regulating vessels and maritime facilities to reduce the risk of marine pollution….

#uscga #spacecoastguard
#drspacejunk #LEO

Is it a bomb? Is it a plane crash? No, it's space junk The Kenyan villagers surprised by falling satellite debris heralding a new year full of surprises.

Space junk is a real threat. We need a regulatory force in Low Earth Orbit that can enforce rules, save lives, and tend to the commons of LEO for the good of all nations and companies. A Coast Guard for LEO.

#leo #spacecoastguard #uscg #spacejunk @drspacejunk.bsky.social

It's Time for Sustainable Development Goal for Space In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development—the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—a universal call to action to protect the planet for future generations and ens...

Space junk is a real threat. We need a regulatory force in Low Earth Orbit that can enforce rules, save lives, and tend to the commons of LEO for the good of all nations and companies. A Coast Guard for LEO.

#leo #spacecoastguard #uscg #spacejunk @drspacejunk.bsky.social

Trump’s NASA pick says military will inevitably put troops in space Billionaire and commercial astronaut Jared Isaacman said increased human activity in space will require military protection.

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be NASA’s next administrator, Jared Isaacman, said Wednesday that as the U.S. establishes more of human presence in space, it will eventually need Space Force guardians stationed in the domain to protect its economic interests.

#USCG #spacecoastguard

U.S. Space Force official warns of rising Chinese threats Gen. Michael Guetlein: ‘This new norm of behavior is very unsafe and unprofessional’

U.S. Space Force official warns of rising Chinese threats

Gen. Michael Guetlein: ‘This new norm of behavior is very unsafe and unprofessional’

#space #china #spacecoastguard #spaceforce

Government Regulation and the Environmental Impact of Satellite Constellations OPINION By Grant Henriksen NSS Policy Committee Vice-Chair and Space Regulation & Oversight Policy Lead Image courtesy SpaceX: 60 Starlink satellites stacked together before deployment on May 24, 2019...

National Space Society: No FAA jurisdiction over the environment in space.

The US Coast Guard should be given such oversight, just as it enforces the Oil Pollution Act 1990 on Earth.

#FAA #spacecoastguard #coastguard #uscg #NSS #nationalspacesociety #opa90

NOAA Awards Slingshot Aerospace Small Contract For Space Traffic User Interface - Defense Daily Slingshot Aerospace on Monday received a potential $13.3 million contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) to develop the user

Slingshot Aerospace received a contract from NOAA to develop the user interface for a new LEO space traffic coordination system that will provide satellite operators worldwide with notifications of potential in-space collisions. 🔭🧪

#slingshotaerospace
#NOAA #spacejunk #spaceeconomy #spacecoastguard

Commerce Department outlines plans for basic space traffic management service The Commerce Department has outlined the services it proposes to offer free of charge to satellite operators from the space traffic management system it is developing.

Space (LEO in particular) clearly needs a non-DOD regulator. The US Coast Guard could be the model. #spacecoastguard #coastguard #space #ISS

Better data, innovation and regulation needed to tackle growing space debris threat HELSINKI — Managing the growing threat of space debris requires greater urgency, with improved sensor capability, filling data gaps, economic incentives and new technologies all needed, according t…

"...[t]he legal framework governing space, meanwhile, is struggling to keep pace with the rapid growth in orbital activity." This site has long argued for a "Coast Guard" for Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The US should lead. #coastguard #spacecoastguard #spacedebris #spacejunk