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Space Act Agreement formalizes existing cooperation to protect assets in low Earth orbit

SpaceX, OneWeb, and Iridium jointly released a document of best practices for orbital safety on Thursday afternoon. The best practices guide was

Posted on 92 NASA and SpaceX have announced signature on a joint agreement to share information to maintain and improve space safety.  This agreement will allow for coordination, data sharing, cooperation and arranges responsibilities and procedures for flight safety coordination.  The focus is conjunction avoidance and launch collision avoidance between SpaceX Starlink satellites and NASA spacecraft, including rideshare missions.�...

oce_50-001.jpg The NASA Spacecraft Conjunction Assessment and Collision Avoidance Best Practices Handbook includes information on best practices for coordinating in-orbit activity in a safe and responsible manner. Credits: NASA NASA has released the first iteration of its Spacecraft Conjunction Assessment and Collision Avoidance Best Practices Handbook to share information on best practices for coordinating in-orbit activity in a safe and responsible manner. The agency aims for these best pract...