The Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) is a non-profit association that encourages sustainable practices in space missions by providing transparent, data-based assessments of mission sustainability. It offers a tiered rating system (bronze, silver, gold, platinum) to incentivize responsible behavior concerning space debris mitigation, collision avoidance, and data sharing. The SSR evaluates mission design, operation, and end-of-life strategies, offering recommendations for improvement and recognizing adherence to international guidelines. Key partners include the World Economic Forum, European Space Agency, MIT, and BryceTech.
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Lockheed Martin advocates for satellite operators to adopt the World Economic Forum’s Space Sustainability Rating (SSR).
Nobu Okada played a key role in developing the concept of a Space Sustainability Rating.
The current team developing the Space Sustainability Rating will help maintain the rating initially and then either transfer it to an existing organization or create a new one to administer it.
The World Economic Forum selected a group in May 2019 that included the European Space Agency, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Austin, and Bryce Space and Technology to develop a Space Sustainability Rating system.
A consortium established to develop a space sustainability rating expects to have an initial version of its rating system ready by late 2020 or early 2021.