Ballasalla, Isle of Man, 17th May 2023 – The Space Data Association (SDA) has announced that the prestigious third T.S. Kelso Award is now open for nominations. The T.S. Kelso Award is presented annually by the SDA to an individual or a group of individuals, to...
Ballasalla, Isle of Man, 2nd November 2022 – Joe Chan, Director of Flight Dynamics at Intelsat has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Space Data Association (SDA), a non-profit international association of satellite operators. Joe Chan will take over from...
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...
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...
