Ballasalla, Isle of Man, 12th May 2022 – The Space Data Association (SDA)has announced its call for nominations for the 2022 T.S. Kelso Award for Space Safety. The SDA gives this award to celebrate and acknowledge substantial, innovative, long-term, and...
The SDA is dedicated to space flight safety and the preservation of the space environment. Accordingly, SDA welcomes the commitment by the United States not to conduct destructive, direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing and notes this sets a positive...
Ballasalla, Isle of Man, 18th November 2021 – The Space Data Association (SDA) has announced IntelSat’s Joe Chan as Executive Director. Joe is Director of Flight Dynamics (FDS) at Intelsat, and is succeeding Jean-Luc Froeliger representing Intelsat within the SDA. The...
On 15th November, a non-functional Russian satellite was destroyed by a direct-ascent anti-satellite mission. This has resulted in the generation of over fifteen hundred trackable objects so far, which will very significantly increase the risk of future collisions and...
Ballasalla, Isle of Man, 9th November 2021 – ABS is the latest global satellite operator to join the Space Data Association (SDA), an international non-profit association of satellite operators. Formed in 2009, the SDA ensures a controlled, reliable and...
Ballasalla, Isle of Man, 16th September 2021- The Space Data Association(SDA) has announced the launch of the T.S. Kelso Award for Space Safety. Recognizing outstanding contributions to space flight safety, the award is named for and on behalf of its inaugural...
