On the 31^st of August, the Space Traffic Management for XXI Century Space Operations (EUSTM) consortium held its final workshop in Brussels. Led by GMV and strategically positioned at the heart of the European Commission´s intensifying efforts to ensure the security, safety, sustainability, and autonomy of European space operations, the EUSTM Coordination and Support Action (CSA) reached the end of its envisaged 20 months of activities aimed at drafting proposals and recommendations for a future European Space Traffic Management (STM) capability.

The EUSTM team involves 18 European industries and institutions with extensive experience in all STM-related areas, ranging from SSA/SST/STM technical experts, satellite operators & manufacturers and launch providers (including relevant actors in the New Space) to policy, governance, strategy, and legal stakeholders. EUSTM analysed the current STM support competencies in Europe and defined the related needs for an autonomous European STM capability by providing technology, governance, legal, regulatory, standardization, strategy and policy recommendations and best practice guidelines.

Counting on a significant in person attendance, this hybrid EUSTM Final Workshop provided the perfect opportunity for the consortium to showcase the main findings of this end-to-end activity, both to the EC representatives and to the European Advisory Board members, also enabling a more direct interaction between the participants present in Brussels. The extensive effort put by the team in drafting these analyses and proposals was highly acknowledged and a wide unanimity was reached on that the EUSTM recommendations will play a valuable role in supporting the development of the European Union approach to Space Traffic Management.

*This article reflects the author’s view and not necessarily the views of the European Commission or of the EU HaDEA Agency.