Paper Best Practices for Generating Space Environment Specifications with Modern Tools This report aims to describe the current generation of tools and methods and provide several worked examples to produce a preliminary space environmental specification for the acquisition of a… August 2023
Fact Sheet Space Safety Institute (SSI) Fact Sheet The Space Safety Institute (SSI) at The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) delivers independent technical support and assessments to enhance safety for government, commercial, and international space… April 2023
Paper Space Traffic Management Terminology In this CSPS paper, we summarize the significance of effective STM, present the causes of the variance in terminology, and highlight the challenges to reaching consensus. October 2022
Paper Policy Compliance Roadmap for Small Satellites This CSPS paper explores U.S. space policies and how they apply to satellite missions that may not fit the “typical” mold on launch missions that may not have a single responsible agency. Where… September 2022
Paper The In-Space Rescue Capability Gap This CSPS paper seeks to raise awareness of the need to revisit space rescue policies and close capability gaps. July 2021
Paper Human Spaceflight Safety: Regulatory Issues and Mitigating Concepts This CSPS paper explores ways to address the issues associated with the rise of commercial human spaceflight. November 2020
Paper 2022 Space Safety Compendium The Space Safety Institute leverages longstanding Aerospace expertise on issues of space safety to provide more targeted and impactful thought leadership across the range of challenges described in…
Paper Commercial Human Spaceflight Safety Regulatory Framework Produced by Aerospace’s Space Safety Institute, this report presents a recommended framework for commercial human spaceflight safety based on an analysis of other transportation sectors,…
