Defunding TraCSS is the craziest act of self destruction imaginable. Space operations need more coordination, not less. Whilst it is an opportunity for ESA/Europe, the loss of TraCSS helps no one.
Halting TraCSS now could hand the EU a golden opportunity to lead in shaping emerging norms of orbital conduct. The U.S. doing so could significantly mute its voice at a moment when policy architecture for sustainable and safe space traffic is being built.
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NOAA Proposes Terminating TraCSS Program
NOAA’s FY 2026 budget proposal, released yesterday, includes plans to gut the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and terminate federal funding for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). While...
payloadspace.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Defunding TraCSS is the craziest act of self destruction imaginable. Space operations need more coordination, not less. Whilst it is an opportunity for ESA/Europe, the loss of TraCSS helps no one.
most ridiculous timeline skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Proposed NOAA Budget Kills Program That Was Designed to Prevent Satellite Collisions
Trump’s first administration helped establish the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). His second administration wants to dismantle it.
skyandtelescope.org
July 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
most ridiculous timeline skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
The 2025 TrACSS survey on #AMR is now underway. Run by the Quadripartite (FAO, WHO, WOAH, UNEP), it helps countries track AMR progress. Results will be published later this year. #OneHealth
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2025 edition of global survey to track antimicrobial resistance launches - WOAH - World Organisation for Animal Health
On 15 April 2025, the ninth round of the Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Country Self-assessment Survey (TrACSS) began, for completion by June 2025. TrACSS is a key component of the global AMR...
www.woah.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The 2025 TrACSS survey on #AMR is now underway. Run by the Quadripartite (FAO, WHO, WOAH, UNEP), it helps countries track AMR progress. Results will be published later this year. #OneHealth
www.woah.org/en/2025-edit...
www.woah.org/en/2025-edit...
Trump’s first administration helped establish the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). His second administration wants to dismantle it.
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Proposed NOAA Budget Kills Program That Was Designed to Prevent Satellite Collisions
Trump’s first administration helped establish the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). His second administration wants to dismantle it.
skyandtelescope.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump’s first administration helped establish the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). His second administration wants to dismantle it.
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House bill restores funding for TraCSS
A House appropriations bill would reverse plans by the administration to stop development of a civil space traffic management system.
A House appropriations bill would reverse plans by the administration to stop development of a civil space traffic management system.
House bill restores funding for TraCSS
A House appropriations bill would reverse plans by the administration to stop development of a civil space traffic management system.
spacenews.com
May 18, 2026 at 12:03 PM
House bill restores funding for TraCSS
A House appropriations bill would reverse plans by the administration to stop development of a civil space traffic management system.
A House appropriations bill would reverse plans by the administration to stop development of a civil space traffic management system.
Trump is looking to push the first real US space traffic control system out of government, which baffles experts because it is almost totally a commercial project already.
payloadspace.com/trump-team-p...
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Trump Team Plans To Push TraCSS Out of Government
The White House wants the long-awaited Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) to be handed over to a non-profit or private company, backtracking on a mandate in the first Trump administration ...
payloadspace.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Trump is looking to push the first real US space traffic control system out of government, which baffles experts because it is almost totally a commercial project already.
payloadspace.com/trump-team-p...
payloadspace.com/trump-team-p...
Senate appropriators reject proposal to cancel TraCSS
Senate appropriators have rejected an effort by the White House to terminate funding for a civil space traffic coordination system.
Senate appropriators have rejected an effort by the White House to terminate funding for a civil space traffic coordination system.
Senate appropriators reject proposal to cancel TraCSS
Senate appropriators have rejected an effort by the White House to terminate funding for a civil space traffic coordination system.
spacenews.com
July 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Senate appropriators reject proposal to cancel TraCSS
Senate appropriators have rejected an effort by the White House to terminate funding for a civil space traffic coordination system.
Senate appropriators have rejected an effort by the White House to terminate funding for a civil space traffic coordination system.
Aerospace Industry Urges Congress Not to Kill TraCSS spacepolicyonline.com/news/aerospa...
July 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Aerospace Industry Urges Congress Not to Kill TraCSS spacepolicyonline.com/news/aerospa...
TraCSS Goes Global: International Government Onboarding Begins. A leap forward for international space flight safety and SSA coordination.. 6/10/2026
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June 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
TraCSS Goes Global: International Government Onboarding Begins. A leap forward for international space flight safety and SSA coordination.. 6/10/2026
space.commerce.gov/tracss-goes-...
space.commerce.gov/tracss-goes-...
Halting TraCSS now could hand the EU a golden opportunity to lead in shaping emerging norms of orbital conduct. The U.S. doing so could significantly mute its voice at a moment when policy architecture for sustainable and safe space traffic is being built.
payloadspace.com/noaa-propose...
payloadspace.com/noaa-propose...
NOAA Proposes Terminating TraCSS Program
NOAA’s FY 2026 budget proposal, released yesterday, includes plans to gut the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) and terminate federal funding for the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS). While...
payloadspace.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Halting TraCSS now could hand the EU a golden opportunity to lead in shaping emerging norms of orbital conduct. The U.S. doing so could significantly mute its voice at a moment when policy architecture for sustainable and safe space traffic is being built.
payloadspace.com/noaa-propose...
payloadspace.com/noaa-propose...
NOAA budget proposal seeks to cancel TraCSS
The Commerce Department is proposing to end funding for a space traffic coordination program even as beta testing of the service continues.
The Commerce Department is proposing to end funding for a space traffic coordination program even as beta testing of the service continues.
NOAA budget proposal seeks to cancel TraCSS
The Commerce Department is proposing to end funding for a space traffic coordination program even as beta testing of the service continues.
spacenews.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
NOAA budget proposal seeks to cancel TraCSS
The Commerce Department is proposing to end funding for a space traffic coordination program even as beta testing of the service continues.
The Commerce Department is proposing to end funding for a space traffic coordination program even as beta testing of the service continues.
Office of Space Commerce weighing options for TraCSS user fees
The Trump administration has not yet decided whether to charge for space safety data despite a change in space policy enabling the government to do so.
The Trump administration has not yet decided whether to charge for space safety data despite a change in space policy enabling the government to do so.
Office of Space Commerce weighing options for TraCSS user fees
The Trump administration has not yet decided whether to charge for space safety data despite a change in space policy enabling the government to do so.
spacenews.com
March 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Office of Space Commerce weighing options for TraCSS user fees
The Trump administration has not yet decided whether to charge for space safety data despite a change in space policy enabling the government to do so.
The Trump administration has not yet decided whether to charge for space safety data despite a change in space policy enabling the government to do so.
Via #NOAA - OSC Opens TraCSS “Waitlist” for Satellite Operators space.commerce.gov/osc-opens-tr...
OSC Opens TraCSS “Waitlist” for Satellite Operators – Office of Space Commerce
On February 4, 2026, the Office of Space Commerce opened a waitlist for satellite operators interested in joining as users of TraCSS. As the system moves into a full production environment, TraCSS will use this waitlist to invite spacecraft operators to onboard onto the system.
space.commerce.gov
February 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Via #NOAA - OSC Opens TraCSS “Waitlist” for Satellite Operators space.commerce.gov/osc-opens-tr...
Great art, great analysis: "It is pretty cool that the U.S. is investing in tech to have satellites not crash into each other. Or is it?? In the President’s fiscal year 2026 budget request, the whole TraCSS program is being defunded. To zero dollars."
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www.t3telemetry.com/are-you-fuck...
Are you fucking serious? Fund TraCSS
We are SO CLOSE to having real space traffic coordination.
www.t3telemetry.com
May 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Great art, great analysis: "It is pretty cool that the U.S. is investing in tech to have satellites not crash into each other. Or is it?? In the President’s fiscal year 2026 budget request, the whole TraCSS program is being defunded. To zero dollars."
www.t3telemetry.com/are-you-fuck...
www.t3telemetry.com/are-you-fuck...
The Trump administration may eliminate federal funding for its new TraCSS program, which monitors the growing amount of space debris in orbit.
Trump Tries to Ax Space Junk System That He Started
Hello, this is Melos Ambaye in New York. During his first term, President Donald Trump started a space traffic safety program to keep track of objects in orbit, including space junk. Now, at a time when the risks from collisions with space debris are growing, he’s trying to cut it. But first ...
bloom.bg
July 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Trump administration may eliminate federal funding for its new TraCSS program, which monitors the growing amount of space debris in orbit.
My old office. You know it really sucks to build a program when OMB is trying to literally light it on fire above you.
This would be exceptionally bad for everyone involved. TRACSS served an essential purpose. Scrapping it before it's done would continue our grand tradition of half-finished
This would be exceptionally bad for everyone involved. TRACSS served an essential purpose. Scrapping it before it's done would continue our grand tradition of half-finished
Wither TraCSS? DoD, industry face hard choices in showdown over Commerce spacewatch effort - Breaking Defense
The big question facing DoD is what happens if the Traffic Coordination System for Space program is scrapped: is US Space Command left holding the space safety bag in perpetuity?
breakingdefense.com
September 14, 2026 at 9:10 PM
My old office. You know it really sucks to build a program when OMB is trying to literally light it on fire above you.
This would be exceptionally bad for everyone involved. TRACSS served an essential purpose. Scrapping it before it's done would continue our grand tradition of half-finished
This would be exceptionally bad for everyone involved. TRACSS served an essential purpose. Scrapping it before it's done would continue our grand tradition of half-finished
Commerce Department budget proposal would halt work on TraCSS
The Commerce Department is proposing to halt work on its space traffic coordination system while it develops a “new operating and financial structure” that may include user fees.
The Commerce Department is proposing to halt work on its space traffic coordination system while it develops a “new operating and financial structure” that may include user fees.
Commerce Department budget proposal would halt work on TraCSS
The Commerce Department is proposing to halt work on its space traffic coordination system while it develops a “new operating and financial structure” that may include user fees.
spacenews.com
April 22, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Commerce Department budget proposal would halt work on TraCSS
The Commerce Department is proposing to halt work on its space traffic coordination system while it develops a “new operating and financial structure” that may include user fees.
The Commerce Department is proposing to halt work on its space traffic coordination system while it develops a “new operating and financial structure” that may include user fees.
A couple of weeks ago I asked some primary school kids to help me find solutions for space traffic management. Read my Substack about how they totally nailed it. With the recent US decision to cease funding TraCSS, maybe we should just put the kids in charge?
spacecitizens.substack.com
spacecitizens.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A couple of weeks ago I asked some primary school kids to help me find solutions for space traffic management. Read my Substack about how they totally nailed it. With the recent US decision to cease funding TraCSS, maybe we should just put the kids in charge?
spacecitizens.substack.com
spacecitizens.substack.com
TraCSS moves into next phase of development
The Commerce Department’s space traffic coordination system has moved into the next phase of its development with full service expected to start early next year.
The Commerce Department’s space traffic coordination system has moved into the next phase of its development with full service expected to start early next year.
TraCSS moves into next phase of development
The Commerce Department’s space traffic coordination system has moved into the next phase of its development with full service expected to start early next year.
spacenews.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
TraCSS moves into next phase of development
The Commerce Department’s space traffic coordination system has moved into the next phase of its development with full service expected to start early next year.
The Commerce Department’s space traffic coordination system has moved into the next phase of its development with full service expected to start early next year.
Presumably TraCSSwill take on this role but a) TraCSS got zeroed out in the most recent budget request - not sure about its future; b) this transition is not complete; seems like a bad idea to have the single biggest op'r not included in the official US cat
June 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Presumably TraCSSwill take on this role but a) TraCSS got zeroed out in the most recent budget request - not sure about its future; b) this transition is not complete; seems like a bad idea to have the single biggest op'r not included in the official US cat
Senate Approps rejected the Admin proposal to end the TraCSS program in Office of Space Commerce. From the cmte's report:
July 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Senate Approps rejected the Admin proposal to end the TraCSS program in Office of Space Commerce. From the cmte's report:
Predicting satellite collisions in OCaml!
The screening pipeline matches the TraCSS answer key, and the 3D globe runs in the browser via js_of_ocaml.
gazagnaire.org/blog/2026-04...
#space #OCaml
The screening pipeline matches the TraCSS answer key, and the 3D globe runs in the browser via js_of_ocaml.
gazagnaire.org/blog/2026-04...
#space #OCaml
Thomas Gazagnaire :: Predicting Satellite Collisions in OCaml
Open test data for predicting satellite collisions. I built the full screening pipeline in OCaml, validated it against the answer key, and put a 3D globe in the browser.
gazagnaire.org
April 7, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Predicting satellite collisions in OCaml!
The screening pipeline matches the TraCSS answer key, and the 3D globe runs in the browser via js_of_ocaml.
gazagnaire.org/blog/2026-04...
#space #OCaml
The screening pipeline matches the TraCSS answer key, and the 3D globe runs in the browser via js_of_ocaml.
gazagnaire.org/blog/2026-04...
#space #OCaml
GAO rejects TraCSS contract protest
The GAO has denied a protest from a company over a contract that is part of the Office of Space Commerce’s space traffic coordination system.
The GAO has denied a protest from a company over a contract that is part of the Office of Space Commerce’s space traffic coordination system.
GAO rejects TraCSS contract protest
The GAO has denied a protest from a company over a contract that is part of the Office of Space Commerce’s space traffic coordination system.
spacenews.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
GAO rejects TraCSS contract protest
The GAO has denied a protest from a company over a contract that is part of the Office of Space Commerce’s space traffic coordination system.
The GAO has denied a protest from a company over a contract that is part of the Office of Space Commerce’s space traffic coordination system.
House appropriators want TraCSS to rely more on Defense Department
A House appropriations bill provides funding for a civil space traffic coordination system but wants changes to increase its reliance on the Defense Department.
A House appropriations bill provides funding for a civil space traffic coordination system but wants changes to increase its reliance on the Defense Department.
House appropriators want TraCSS to rely more on Defense Department
A House appropriations bill provides funding for a civil space traffic coordination system but wants changes to increase its reliance on the Defense Department.
spacenews.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
House appropriators want TraCSS to rely more on Defense Department
A House appropriations bill provides funding for a civil space traffic coordination system but wants changes to increase its reliance on the Defense Department.
A House appropriations bill provides funding for a civil space traffic coordination system but wants changes to increase its reliance on the Defense Department.