Nominations are now open for the fourth T.S. Kelso Award
The SDA presents the T.S. Kelso Award annually as a recognition of outstanding contributions to space flight safety of an individual or, if shared, multiple individuals, teams, and organisations.
The SDA gives this award to celebrate and acknowledge substantial, innovative, long-term, and practical original contributions to the advancement of space safety, and also the preservation of the space environment in one or more of the following space disciplines: operations, applied research, technology, law, or policy.
The 2023 T.S. Kelso Award for Spaced Safety was presented to Pascal Faucher, EU SST, by SDA Director, Charlie Law.
The first recipient of the award was T.S. Kelso, who the award is respectfully named after. T.S. Kelso’s professional career spanned decades of contributions in space operations, space situational awareness research and applications, creation of processes that enabled use of satellite operator data and tools to improve the understanding of space situational awareness and establishment of the Space Data Center. His leadership within the Space Data Centre provided technical improvements that ensured that the SDA stayed on the cutting edge of SSA accuracy.
Submit your nomination
Previous winners:
2021 – Dr. T.S. Kelso
2022 – Holger Krag
2023 – EU SST
Nominations may be made to the Space Data Association Ltd., including a description of the contribution(s) made by the nominee(s) and rationale for the award.
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