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Space Governance Database

The space governance database contains industry best practices, norms, treaties, principles, recommendations, and guidelines focused on safety of flight, radio frequency interference (RFI), space situational awareness (SSA), and space traffic management (STM). The Space Safety Institute hosts and periodically updates this international body of knowledge, developed in collaboration with AIAA, to aid existing and new entrants into the space enterprise.
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Title Date of Current Release Document Type Country of Origin Originating Entity Document Url Topic
Title CalPoly Date of Current Release Document Type Guidelines Country of Origin United States Originating Entity CalPoly Document Url Document link Topic Contamination, States & IGOs, Spacecraft, Launch, CubeSat, Reentry, Space Safety, Operators, Debris
Title CCSDS Space Messages Date of Current Release Document Type Standards Country of Origin International Originating Entity Consultative Committee for Space Data Standardization (CCSDS) Document Url Document link Topic Standards, States & IGOs, Spacecraft, Launch, Conjunction Assessments, Data Exchange
Title CONFERS Date of Current Release Document Type Guidelines Country of Origin United States Originating Entity Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) Document Url Document link Topic Capacity Building, RPO & OOS, Contamination, Collision Avoidance, Operators, Spacecraft, Design, Debris, Disposal, Spectrum, Cooperation, States & IGOs, Data Exchange, SSA, Health & Status, Responsibility & Liability, Space Law, Standardization, TCBMs
Title Declaration of Legal Principles Date of Current Release Document Type Declaration Country of Origin United Nations Originating Entity United Nations Document Url Document link Topic Cooperation, States & IGOs, Spacecraft, Launch, Astronauts, Operations, Space Objects, Jurisdiction & Ownership, Space Environment, Responsibility & Liability, Space Law
Title ECSS-U-AS-10C Date of Current Release Document Type Regulation Country of Origin European Union Originating Entity ECSS Document Url Document link Topic Contamination, Design, Operations, Debris, Launch, Upper Stages
Title ESA Space Debris Mitigation Requirments Date of Current Release Document Type Regulation Country of Origin European Union Originating Entity ESA Document Url Document link Topic Debris, Operators, Disposal, Reentry, Spacecraft, Launch, Collision Avoidance, RPO & OOS, Space Weather, Standards, Radiation, Environment, Mission, Health & Status, Moon & Celestial Bodies
Title FCC 5-Year Rule Date of Current Release Document Type Regulation Country of Origin United States Originating Entity FCC Document Url Document link Topic Debris, Disposal, Operations, Space Objects, Collision Avoidance, Space Safety, Mission
Title French Space Law Date of Current Release Document Type Regulation Country of Origin France Originating Entity Ministry for Higher Education and Research Document Url Document link Topic Capacity Building, States & IGOs, Spacecraft, Design, Conjunction Assessments, Sustainability, Space Safety, Cooperation, Reentry, Casualty Risk, Contamination, Debris, Collision Avoidance, Operators, Radiation, Disposal, Space Environment, Moon & Celestial Bodies, Health & Status
Title Handbook for New Actors in Space Date of Current Release Document Type Guidelines Country of Origin International Originating Entity Secure World Foundation Document Url Document link Topic Cooperation, States & IGOs, Operations, Spacecraft, Launch, Jurisdiction & Ownership, Space Objects, Responsibility & Liability, Space Safety, Spectrum, Debris, Conjunction Assessments, Disposal, Nuclear Power, Moon & Celestial Bodies, Astronauts, Launch, Remote Sensing, Space Weather, Collision Avoidance, SSA, Standards, RPO & OOS
Title IADC Guidelines Date of Current Release Document Type Guidelines Country of Origin International Originating Entity Inter-Agency Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) Document Url Document link Topic Casualty Risk, States & IGOs, Spacecraft, Launch, Debris, Reentry, Operators, Contamination, Design, Operations, Collision Avoidance, Disposal, Upper Stages, Environment, Radiation
Title ISO 24113 Date of Current Release Document Type Standards Country of Origin International Originating Entity International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Document Url Document link Topic Casualty Risk, Operators, Spacecraft, Launch, Reentry, Contamination, Design, Debris, Operations, Collision Avoidance, Disposal, Upper Stages, Health & Status, Mission
Title ITU GSO Protection Date of Current Release Document Type Recommendation Country of Origin International Originating Entity International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Document Url Document link Topic Contamination, Launch, Spacecraft, Disposal, Debris, Design, Operations, Spectrum, Environment
Title JAXA Date of Current Release Document Type Regulation Country of Origin Japan Originating Entity JAXA Document Url Document link Topic Launch, Space Safety, Mission, Spacecraft, Standards, Debris, Radiation, Space Law, Responsibility & Liability, Operators
Title JSpOC CubeSat Ops Recommendations Date of Current Release Document Type Recommendation Country of Origin United States Originating Entity 18SPCS Document Url Document link Topic Contamination, Launch, Spacecraft, Upper Stages, Collision Avoidance, Operators, CubeSat, Reentry, Disposal, Data Exchange, RPO & OOS, SSA
Title JSpOC Pc Date of Current Release Document Type Standard Country of Origin United States Originating Entity 18SPCS Document Url Document link Topic Collision Avoidance, Launch, Spacecraft, Operators, Operations, Conjunction Assessments, Data Exchange, Standards, States & IGOs
Title LCOLA Handbook Date of Current Release Document Type Standard Country of Origin United States Originating Entity 18SPCS Document Url Document link Topic Contamination, Launch, Spacecraft, Upper Stages, Collision Avoidance, Operators, Reentry, Operations, Data Exchange, States & IGOs, RPO & OOS, Conjunction Assessments, Standardization
Title Liability Convention Date of Current Release Document Type Treaty Country of Origin United Nations Originating Entity United Nations Document Url Document link Topic Responsibility & Liability, States & IGOs, Spacecraft, Launch, Registration, Space Objects
Title LTS Guidelines Date of Current Release Document Type Guidelines Country of Origin United Nations Originating Entity United Nations Document Url Document link Topic Capacity Building, States & IGOs, Spacecraft, Design, Conjunction Assessments, Sustainability, Space Safety, Cooperation, Reentry, Casualty Risk, Contamination, Debris, Collision Avoidance, Operators, Moon & Celestial Bodies, Lasers, Disposal, Radiation, Nuclear Power, Spectrum, Sustainability, Data Exchange, Space Weather, Health & Status, Registration, Responsibility & Liability, Space Law, Operations, SSA, Standards, TCBMs
Title Moon Agreement Date of Current Release Document Type Treaty Country of Origin United Nations Originating Entity United Nations Document Url Document link Topic Cooperation, States & IGOs, Spacecraft, Launch, Operations, Astronauts, Jurisdiction & Ownership, Space Environment, Moon & Celestial Bodies, Space Law
Title NASA Spacecraft Conjunction Assessment and Collision Avoidance Best Practices Handbook Date of Current Release Document Type Best Practices Country of Origin United States Originating Entity NASA Document Url Document link Topic Conjunction Assessments, Debris, Launch, Operations, Disposal, Cooperation
Title NASA Technical Standard fo Human-Rating Date of Current Release Document Type Standard Country of Origin International Originating Entity International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) Document Url Document link Topic Space Safety, Launch, Spacecraft, Space Law, Environment, Debris, Data Exchange, Mission, Casualty Risk, Contamination, Reentry, Responsibility & Liability, Operators, Health & Status, Standards, RPO & OOS
Title NPR Date of Current Release Document Type Regulation Country of Origin United States Originating Entity NASA Document Url Document link Topic Debris, Launch, Mission, Spacecraft, Moon & Celestial Bodies, Collision Avoidance, Environment, SSA, Space Safety, Responsibility & Liability, Reentry, Standards
Title Nuclear Power Sources Principles Date of Current Release Document Type Principles Country of Origin United Nations Originating Entity United Nations Document Url Document link Topic Contamination, Radiation, States & IGOs, Space Environment, Nuclear Power, Operations, Spacecraft, Design, Reentry, Responsibility & Liability, Disposal, Space Law
Title Outer Space Treaty Date of Current Release Document Type Treaty Country of Origin United Nations Originating Entity United Nations Document Url Document link Topic Contamination, Moon & Celestial Bodies, Environment, Cooperation, States & IGOs, Operations, Spacecraft, Launch, Jurisdiction & Ownership, Space Objects, Nuclear Power, Responsibility & Liability, Space Law, TCBMs, Astronauts, Debris, Radiation
Title Process for Limiting Orbital Debris Date of Current Release Document Type Regulation Country of Origin United States Originating Entity NASA Document Url Document link Topic Collision Avoidance, Debris, Environment, Launch, Spacecraft, Disposal, Mission, Operators, Moon & Celestial Bodies, Upper Stages, Reentry, Standards
Title Registration Convention Date of Current Release Document Type Treaty Country of Origin United Nations Originating Entity United Nations Document Url Document link Topic Registration, States & IGOs, Spacecraft, Launch, Space Objects
Title Rescue Agreement Date of Current Release Document Type Treaty Country of Origin United Nations Originating Entity United Nations Document Url Document link Topic Cooperation, States & IGOs, Operations, Spacecraft, Launch, Jurisdiction & Ownership, Space Objects, Responsibility & Liability, Astronauts, Space Safety
Title Satellite Orbital Safety Best Practices Date of Current Release Document Type Best Practices Country of Origin International Originating Entity AIAA, Iridium, OneWeb, SpaceX Document Url Document link Topic Collision Avoidance, Launch, Operations, Debris, Disposal, Space Objects, Environment, Space Safety
Title Space Safety Handbook Date of Current Release Document Type Standard Country of Origin United States Originating Entity 18SPCS Document Url Document link Topic Contamination, Launch, Spacecraft, Upper Stages, Collision Avoidance, Conjunction Assessments, Registration, Disposal, Operators, Design, Data Exchange, Standardization, States & IGOs
Title Space Sustainability Report Date of Current Release Document Type Report Country of Origin United Kingdom Originating Entity Inmarsat Document Url Document link Topic Cooperation, States & IGOs, Operations, Spacecraft, Jurisdiction & Ownership, Space Objects, Space Safety, Spectrum, Debris, Conjunction Assessments, Disposal, Responsibility & Liability, Moon & Celestial Bodies, Remote Sensing, SSA, Standards, Data Exchange, RPO & OOS, Design