{"id":21553,"date":"2024-11-29T17:21:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/slingshot-aerospace-awarded-noaa-contract-to-develop-presentation-layer-for-the-traffic-coordination-system-for-space\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T17:21:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:21:41","slug":"slingshot-aerospace-awarded-noaa-contract-to-develop-presentation-layer-for-the-traffic-coordination-system-for-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/slingshot-aerospace-awarded-noaa-contract-to-develop-presentation-layer-for-the-traffic-coordination-system-for-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Slingshot Aerospace Awarded NOAA Contract to Develop Presentation Layer for the Traffic Coordination System for Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/11\/ExVufGmWYAY_xpp.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/11\/ExVufGmWYAY_xpp.jpeg?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/11\/ExVufGmWYAY_xpp.jpeg?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/11\/ExVufGmWYAY_xpp.jpeg?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/11\/ExVufGmWYAY_xpp.jpeg?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"41810\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2024\/11\/28\/slingshot-aerospace-awarded-noaa-contract-to-develop-presentation-layer-for-the-traffic-coordination-system-for-space\/exvufgmwyay_xpp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/11\/ExVufGmWYAY_xpp.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all\" data-orig-size=\"1998,999\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"slingshot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\n\n<p>Image: Slingshot Aerospace<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/11\/ExVufGmWYAY_xpp.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024&#8243;><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\tImage: Slingshot Aerospace\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EL SEGUNDO, Calif.\u2013(BUSINESS WIRE)\u2013Slingshot Aerospace, Inc., the leader in AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, today announced it has been awarded a $13.3 million contract by the&nbsp;National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s&nbsp;Office of Space Commerce (OSC)&nbsp;to build the&nbsp;TraCSS&nbsp;user interface. This contract includes a 12-month development period ($5.3M) with four option years.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-41809\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slingshot will develop the TraCSS Presentation Layer, which is the website and user experience for the United States\u2019 new space safety platform. Designed for global use, TraCSS will serve civil, commercial, academic, and national security satellite operators worldwide. Slingshot will leverage its space traffic coordination software,&nbsp;Slingshot Beacon, to support the development of the TraCSS Presentation Layer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With 86 countries operating over 10,000 active satellites in orbit today and up to 100,000 active satellites expected to be in orbit by 2030, the risk of collisions is growing exponentially. Slingshot data shows that satellite operators experienced a 17% year-over-year rise in conjunctions\u2014close approaches between satellites\u2014in the past year alone. These trends highlight the urgent need for an advanced space traffic coordination system to improve safety and ensure the sustainable use of space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OSC was directed to take over traffic coordination responsibilities from the Department of Defense following the issuance of&nbsp;Space Policy Directive 3&nbsp;(SPD-3) in 2018. TraCSS.gov is expected to be online and ready to support the transition of all commercial users from space-track.org in late 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-41809',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSlingshot\u2019s role in developing this groundbreaking space traffic coordination platform requires intentionality as well as close mission alignment with OSC,\u201d said&nbsp;Tim Solms, CEO of Slingshot Aerospace. \u201cNOAA\u2019s TraCSS initiative offers the opportunity for enhanced space safety and sustainability, fostering growth across the commercial, civil, and academic space sectors for the foreseeable future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TraCSS is a modern, cloud-based IT system that will provide essential space situational awareness and space traffic coordination services to the more than 10,000 active satellites in orbit today. The Presentation Layer will be the primary interface for surfacing conjunction data messages\u2014warnings of upcoming conjunctions\u2014which sometimes require satellite operators to coordinate and proactively maneuver their satellites to avoid a potential collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDeploying the TraCSS user interface is the next major step in operationalizing U.S. civil space traffic coordination, first codified in Space Policy Directive 3,\u201d said&nbsp;Audrey Schaffer, Vice President of Strategy and Policy at Slingshot Aerospace. \u201cSlingshot is proud to partner with the Office of Space Commerce in delivering spaceflight safety services to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slingshot will develop the Presentation Layer user interface on top of NOAA\u2019s existing TraCSS infrastructure with the support of&nbsp;COMSPOC&nbsp;and&nbsp;T and T Consulting Services.&nbsp;Slingshot was also selected by the Office of Space Commerce&nbsp;earlier this year to provide space situational awareness and satellite tracking data as part of a limited-term pathfinder project focused on low Earth orbit satellite tracking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Slingshot Aerospace<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slingshot Aerospace provides government and commercial partners around the world with AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation. The Slingshot Platform transforms disparate space data into a common operating picture of the space domain by leveraging advanced space object tracking, artificial intelligence, astrodynamics, and data fusion. Slingshot\u2019s platform combines data from the Slingshot Global Sensor Network, the Slingshot Seradata satellite and launch database, satellite owner-operators, and other third-party space data providers to create a holistic and dynamic view of space for training, planning, and operations. This unified representation of space activities \u2013 past, present, and predicted \u2013 enhances operators\u2019 space situational awareness, improves operational efficiency, and reduces risk for space operators. Slingshot is driven by its mission to make space safe, sustainable, and secure. The company was launched in 2017 and has locations in California, Colorado, and the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}