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COMSAT Operators Probing Insurers For Potential Value In Using Their Own Space Data

Gally Articola

Monday, October 21st, 2013

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Commercial satellite operators that are part of a non-profit organization called the Space Data Association (SDA) are in discussions with insurers to see what value they might find in operators using their own space data, which is information gleaned from tracking space debris that could damage satellites. SDA Chairman and Executive Director Ron Busch, who is also vice president of network engineering for Intelsat [I], told Defense Daily on Oct. 15 after a Capitol Hill presentation that he’s talked to a couple of…

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