Videos, Listening Sessions, & Documents

Video Updates

Overview of TraCSS Program Goals, Plans, and Milestones
(07/18/2023)
Basic Services to be Provided by TraCSS
(04/12/2023)
OSC Director Richard DalBello on global SSA coordination, TraCSS, and international collaboration on space safety and sustainability
(06/2024)
September 2024 Video Update on TraCSS
(09/17/2024)

Listening Sessions

10/01/2024Industry Day on TraCSS System Integrator
07/09/2024Proposed User Agreement & Data Sharing Policy
05/02/2024Space Data Standards and Formats – Orbit Comprehensive Message (OCM)
04/10/2024Space Data Standards and Formats – Conjunction Data Messages
02/20/2024DoD-DOC Space Traffic Coordination Ops Transition
12/19/2023TraCSS Data Standards and Formats

Documents

10/16/2024TraCSS Consolidated Pathfinder Results
This paper describes results and findings from OSC’s recently concluded Consolidated Pathfinder project, an effort conducted in partnership with five commercial space companies to inform the development of the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). 
10/01/2024TraCSS System Integrator Industry Day Presentation
09/20/2024TraCSS Presentation from AMOS 2024
At the 25th Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS) Conference, Office of Space Commerce Director Richard DalBello delivered a presentation highlighting the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) — including its development milestones, architecture, capability rollout, pathfinders, DoD collaboration, and role in global SSA coordination.
09/19/2024EUSST – TraCSS SSA Services Comparison
This presentation, presented at the Advanced Maui Optical Surveillance (AMOS) Conference, accompanies the joint paper comparing the services provided by OSC’s Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) and the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) capability.
09/18/2024A Technical Comparison of the Public SSA Services in the United States and the European Union
This paper, included in the proceedings of the Advanced Maui Optical Surveillance (AMOS) Conference, compares the services provided by OSC’s Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) and the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) capability. The study, conducted by personnel from both programs, highlights similarities and differences between the two systems.
08/07/2024TraCSS Presentation from SmallSat 2024
The presentation covers TraCSS program objectives, TraCSS Phase 1 capabilities and roll-out plan, OSC’s “Vision for Global SSA Coordination,” and OSC’s coordination with the DoD in transferring responsibility for basic space situational awareness capabilities to the Department of Commerce.
07/31/2024Migrating Space Traffic Coordination from the DoD to OSC
On July 31, 2024, at the AIAA ASCEND 2024 conference, OSC Chief Engineer Sandy Magnus and DoD’s Barbara Golf provided an update on the Traffic Coordination System for Space and the migration of space situational awareness services from DoD to OSC. These are the slides presented during their discussion.
07/16/2024“Lets Talk Space Traffic Coordination” (July 2024)
A written recap of the Office of Space Commerce’s June 2024 “Space Traffic Coordination” public education campaign.
07/09/2024Appendix: Data Requested from Owner/Operators During Registration for TraCSS 
07/09/2024TraCSS Data and Information Policy – For Listening Session Feedback 
TraCSS is being developed to provide space situational awareness (SSA) data and services that support global spaceflight safety, space sustainability, and international coordination. This draft data and information policy was developed to support these objectives, and to align with the guidance in Space Policy Directive 3 to enable greater SSA data sharing, consistent with national security constraints.
07/09/2024TraCSS DRAFT User Agreement & Data Use Terms – For Listening Session Feedback
To register in TraCSS, satellite operators will be required to agree to the TraCSS User Agreement and provide contact information and spacecraft data. Satellite operators will be required to agree to TraCSS use and sharing of contact information, and select between three license options for TraCSS use and sharing of spacecraft data. These draft terms are provided for comment during our listening session.
06/24/2024Space Industry Technical Standards Compendium
05/02/2024Recommendations on Owner/Operator Ephemeris Data Format for TraCSS
TraCSS proposes to use the format recommended by the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) orbit comprehensive message (OCM) ephemeris format as detailed in the CCSDS Orbit Data Messages (ODM) recommended standard.
04/21/2024Infographic of TraCSS Accomplishments – FY23 to Mid-FY24
The Office of Space Commerce has released an infographic about its Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS); it provides a high-level summary of TraCSS program accomplishments from the beginning of Fiscal Year 2023 (October 2022) through mid-May 2024.
04/08/2024Global SSA Coordination Vision
03/29/2024Recommendations on Conjunction Data Message Fields for TraCSS
Information on proposed conjunction data messages (CDM) fields in the CDM product that TraCSS will deliver for on-orbit conjunction assessment (CA). TraCSS will use the format recommended by the CCSDS CDM recommended standard 508.0.P1.0.1, with plans to modify as necessary to meet the needs of the SSA community.
01/2024Recommendations on Standards for Provision of SSA Data from TraCSS
A listing of identified and described SSA data types that will be provided by TraCSS to other SSA platforms and satellite operators. In addition, recommendations are provided for published standards to represent and transmit these data types out from TraCSS.
02/24/2023Public Comments on Basic SSA Services RFI