Spaceways H2020

spaceways intends to create a common understanding of the guidelines and standards necessary to develop a space traffic management (stm) concept for the european union (eu). it also aims to assess european technical available and required capabilities (notably in the field of ssa/sst technologies) with respect to stm requirements; and to provide a set of stm best practices and recommendations in line with eu interests. this includes the preservation of a safe, secure and sustainable space environment as well as the reinforcement of european sovereignty and competiveness. over its 18-month duration, spaceways’ first objective will be to analyse the policy, legal and economic context of stm. it will aim to better understand the stm concept’s dynamics worldwide and its consequences for europe. while key space powers may attempt to create norms and regulations for future stm, spaceways intends to provide guidelines to support european policy making thereupon. in parallel, another goal wi