Debuting Secure World Foundation’s Handbook for New Actors in Space, 2nd Edition

Debuting Secure World Foundation’s Handbook for New Actors in Space, 2nd Edition

November 17th

• Lunch: 12-12:30
• Session: 12:30-1:45

Location: Mövenpick Cebu Hotel | Room: The Forum

Mactan Island, Punta Engaño Rd, Lapu-Lapu, 6015 Cebu, Philippines

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SWF will host a Handbook for New Actors in Space side event during this year’s Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF) in Cebu, Philippines.

The increased availability of space technology and capabilities has both advantages and disadvantages. It has spurred innovation, lowering of costs, and greater access to capabilities and services available from satellites for all. However, the growth in space activities and the influx of new actors also has the potential to exacerbate many of the current threats to the long-term sustainable use of space, such as on-orbit crowding, radio-frequency interference, the proliferation of space debris, and the chances of an incident in space sparking or escalating geopolitical tensions on Earth. Access to space now and even more so, in the future, will be affected by these challenges.

This new edition of Secure World Foundation’s Handbook for New Actors in Space focuses on showcasing space sector trends, evolving policies, and new challenges to space sustainability. New research areas include the effects of anti-satellite testing on low Earth orbit and global governance attempts to address this threat, expansion of commercial cislunar and lunar activities, and the advancement of non-traditional technologies such as active debris removal and on-orbit servicing.

Global efforts are underway to address space sustainability challenges including a number of industry working groups for standards and best practices, technical certification initiatives, and changes and expansion of the mandates of international governance institutions such as the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and the International Telecommunications Union. Asia-Pacific actors have an important role to play in these efforts, and this workshop will highlight pathways for engagement, regulatory considerations, and operational best practices.

The workshop will be split into three sections of 20 minutes each covering the international framework for space activities, national space policy and administration, and responsible operations in space respectively. Each section will begin with a ten-minute lecture by a prominent regional expert on that topic followed by a structured discussion for participants. The workshop aims to further knowledge of these topics among the participants. They will walk away with a better understanding of the common issues and challenges regarding space sustainability as well as knowledge about resources available for further research and support. Participants will also receive a physical copy of the Handbook.

It will take place at the Movenpick Hotel, which is a ten-minute walk from the conference main site. It will be preceded but a networking lunch, co-hosted by KARI and SWF.

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