The European Commission has asked European launchers, operators, policy, and legal institutes to develop a framework and guidelines for Space Traffic Management (STM) and provide a legal, policy and economic assessment leading to final recommendations for implementation.
SPACEWAYS is part of the Horizon 2020 European research program with €1.5M.
The participants are: Airbus Defence and Space, Arianegroup, Deimos Engineering and Systems, European Space Policy Institute, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Indra Sistemas, International Institute of Air and Space Law at Leiden University, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, OHB System, European Union Satellite Centre, Thales Alenia Space.
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