AMOS 2026 DAY 2 | AMOS Policy Forum - Where Does Basic SSA Service Begin and End

AMOS POLICY FORUM | Where Does Basic SSA Service Begin and End? Government space safety systems are in the process of defining and operationalizing basic SSA and space safety services. Programs such as TraCSS and EU-SST have been working jointly to research and map alignment between offerings as the baseline services are defined. At the same time, a United Nations Expert Group is seeking to establish basic space traffic coordination principles at the international level; and a leading satellite operator has announced a system to provide free of charge certain public SSA services based on information collected through operations. Throughout all of these, a still-emerging commercial SSA industry is working to build out value-added services and products based on SSA information and analysis. This discussion will center on the question of what is the basic minimum SSA information or service that should be provided as free or public good and the models for doing so, while at the same time enabling commercial or fee-based services to develop. Moderated by: Ian Christensen, Senior Director, Private Sector Programs, Secure World Foundation Panelists: Chris Binz, Chief Architect, Mission Solutions, Umbra Andrew D’Uva, Founder & Principal Advisor, Providence Access Co. Audrey Schaffer, Senior Vice President, Global Policy and Government Strategy, Slingshot Aerospace Gabriel Swiney, Director, Policy, Advocacy, and International Division, Office of Space Commerce, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ___________________________________________________________________________ For more than 25 years, Maui’s AMOS (Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies) conference has been the nation’s leading technical conference on space situational/domain awareness — the science of observing, tracking, and predicting the behavior of objects in Earth’s orbit. Bringing together policymakers and experts from the private sector, academia, the military, and government agencies, the AMOS (Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies) conference attracts papers and presentations from the world’s foremost scientists working in the near-space arena. Programming includes technical sessions, keynote speakers, AMOS policy forum, and technical short courses on topics ranging from space law and collision avoidance, to space debris and the use of machine learning in SSA. The conference also features poster presentations, networking, and opportunities for students and young professionals, including the EMER-GEN® program. Learn more about the AMOS Conference at https://www.amostech.com and its' accompanying young professionals program EMER-GEN® at https://www.emer-gen.com