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Can our ATM systems cope?Integration of commercial space operations into the existing ATM system
Martin Griffin
Commercial Space Strategy
Directorate ATM
EUROCONTROL
March 2015
Commercial Space 2
European Organisation
+National Regulatory Authorities
Air Navigation Service Providers
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ATM TodayAir Transport – Air Navigation - Europe
EUROCONTROL
41 Member States, typically each with its own ANSP
Approximately 63 Area Control Centres (ACC)
Over 700 sectors when at full capacity
Approx. 17,000 Air Traffic Controllers
Approx. 41,000 other staff
Total Employees 58,000 Total revenue B€8/year
ICAO: The contracting States recognise that every State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory.
Commercial Space
A starting point
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ICAO: The contracting States recognise that every State has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory.
But………….
Where does airspace end??
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Fragmentation
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Defragmentation – FABs
Comparison with USA
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IMPORTANTDIFFERENCE
USA
1 Service Provider1 Regulator+/- 22 ACCs
EUROPE
41 StatesEASA + national regulators+/- 63 ACCs
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Defragmentation – FABs
Equitable Access to Airspace
Predictable and equitable access to airspace for commercial operations.
Segregated operations require a volume of airspace to be sterilized to accommodate activity.
Sterile airspace disrupts civil aviation traffic flows causing increased economic and environmental costs.
Target Levels of Safety
In aviation, the acceptable level of safety is generally defined in terms of the probability of an aircraft accident occurring.
Commercial space operations Target Levels of Safety.
Need to ensure existing levels of safety for other airspace users is not compromised.
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Columbia debris trail
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ATM Technical Systems
Communications Navigation Surveillance
Requires minimum aircraft equipage standards Can the existing systems cope What technical upgrades are needed
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ATC Operating Procedures
Conventional radar control.
Existing separation standards.
Instrument Flight Rule requirements.
Can they be applied to aerospace operations?
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A Possible Solution?
Past
Procedural Control
the current and planned a/c positions
Today
Radar Control
Know the current andestimate planned a/c
positions
Future
TrajectoryManagement
Know & share the current & planned a/c positions
Questions ??
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Martin GriffinCommercial Space StrategyDirectorate ATMEUROCONTROL
