Kayhan Space is proud to have earned the trust of the OSC to perform this crucial task. As the OSC continues its work to stand up the future of commercial space traffic coordination, we are committed to supporting their efforts and helping to create a safer, more secure space environment for all operators.

In accordance with [Space Policy Directive 3 (SPD-3)](https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/space-policy-directive-3-national-space-traffic-management-policy/), the Department of Commerce's [Office of Space Commerce (OSC)](https://www.space.commerce.gov/) has been tasked with taking over responsibility for managing commercial space traffic. This crucial shift transfers commercial space traffic coordination duties from the Department of Defense (DoD) to the OSC, reflecting the growing need to manage the increasing commercial activity in space and ensure a safer space environment.

The OSC is steadily progressing toward the full implementation of the [Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS)](https://www.space.commerce.gov/traffic-coordination-system-for-space/), a platform intended to manage commercial space traffic. TraCSS will provide satellite operators with timely warnings about potential collisions or conjunctions, alerting them up to six times per day to take necessary action. This system will enhance safety for spacecraft in orbit and help sustain the growing commercial use of space.

In its [initial phase](https://www.space.commerce.gov/commerce-departments-new-traffic-coordination-system-for-space-launches-initial-capabilities/), the TraCSS system will utilize data from the existing [DoD High Accuracy Catalog](https://www.space-track.org/). Over time, however, it will start incorporating tracking and ephemeris data from satellite operators, commercial sources, and SSA service providers. This evolution will enable TraCSS to offer more precise and comprehensive tracking of space objects, leveraging cutting-edge commercial SSA technologies to enhance space traffic management.

To ensure the success of this transition, the OSC has conducted two pathfinder programs over the past year: the [LEO Pathfinder](https://www.space.commerce.gov/office-of-space-commerce-initiates-tracss-pathfinder-projects/) and the [Improved Operator-to-Operator Ephemeris Pathfinder](https://www.space.commerce.gov/office-of-space-commerce-announces-new-commercial-pathfinder-project-for-tracss/). These initiatives are designed to evaluate the capabilities of commercial SSA data providers in maintaining a space object catalog, a responsibility traditionally managed by the DoD. Additionally, the pathfinders assess the quality of conjunction alerts generated for spaceflight safety.

Kayhan Space has played a critical role in these pathfinder programs, serving as a Data Quality Monitor (DQM). In this capacity, Kayhan Space acts as an independent evaluator, ensuring that the data being integrated into the TraCSS system from commercial providers meets stringent quality standards. As TraCSS evolves to incorporate data from multiple sources, the role of an impartial third-party evaluator like Kayhan Space becomes increasingly important. Kayhan’s function is to verify that both the incoming data and the SSA-derived products meet the necessary accuracy and reliability requirements.

Throughout the pathfinder efforts, Kayhan Space has collaborated closely with the OSC team and other commercial SSA data providers, offering their expertise to support a successful execution of the TraCSS implementation roadmap. This collaboration demonstrates the essential partnership between government agencies and the private sector in developing the next-generation space traffic management system.

Kayhan Space is proud to have earned the trust of the OSC to perform this crucial task. As the OSC continues its work to stand up the future of commercial space traffic coordination, we are committed to supporting their efforts and helping to create a safer, more secure space environment for all operators.

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Kayhan Space Selected as Data Quality Monitor for the Office of Space Commerce

Introducing: Satcat — the premiere public spaceflight intelligence exchange, developed by Kayhan Space.

Have you ever wondered where the International Space Station is relative to your location? Are you curious about how many Starlink satellites are currently in orbit? Do you want to access comprehensive space weather forecasts? This information — and much more — is now available in the palm of your hand with <a href="https://www.satcat.com" target="_blank">Satcat.com</a>!

## Space Data for Every User

Satcat is a full-scope spaceflight intelligence exchange that aggregates historical and real-time data for objects and events in Earth’s orbit. Designed to be a resource for users ranging from space-curious individuals to industry experts, Satcat is the premier one-stop platform for researching, analyzing, and referencing space-related data.

While many resources offer a wealth of essential information regarding orbital assets, the industry lacks a platform where information such as active and decayed satellite count, real-time and historical TLE data, space weather forecasts, and more could be found in one comprehensive, public platform. <a href="https://www.satcat.com" target="_blank">Satcat</a> fills this critical gap by unifying this information into a single resource, offering users a streamlined way to easily search, reference, and analyze information relating to objects and activities in Earth’s orbit.


### Live Satellite Tracking & Forecasting
![Sat_1.png](https://kayhan-prod-cms-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Sat_1_bfef07c494.png)
With Satcat, users can search and track any active satellite or debris object in real time! Smart Search allows users to look up objects based on their name, NORAD ID, or COSPAR ID, and save them to their favorites list on the platform. Users can also use the <a href="https://www.satcat.com/globe" target="_blank">3D globe view</a> to view all tracked objects circling Earth.

Each tracked object has a reference page that contains information such as its orbit, last TLE update, country of origin, launch date, object type, and historical trends of orbital elements. Users can use this page to track an object's path around the Earth and obtain a 10-day visibility forecast relative to the user's location and historical TLE data up to 4 years prior.


### Database Filtering
![Directory-Advanced Search.png](https://kayhan-prod-cms-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Directory_Advanced_Search_3f110bc32c.png)
Satcat's <a href="https://www.satcat.com" target="_blank">Advanced search</a> enables users to explore the platform's database of 60,000+ active satellites, rocket bodies, debris, and decayed objects a step further! Input your desired queries into the filters, and Satcat will quickly generate a list of all objects that match those parameters.


### Analytics Sandbox
![Sandbox.png](https://kayhan-prod-cms-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Sandbox_e10f8e2069.png)
For those looking for more advanced analytics tools, <a href="https://www.satcat.com/sandbox" target="_blank">Satcat's Sandbox</a> allows users to quickly analyze satellite orbits and compare primary TLE inputs against up to 10 secondary TLEs in seconds. Satcat's toolkit includes an ever-growing set of astrodynamics tools, such as a TLE visualizer and a multi-format time converter, designed to accelerate astrodynamicists' work. Users are also invited to join the platform’s <a href="https://discord.com/invite/ZnSBqeAAVz" target="_blank">Discord Server</a> to share their findings with the Satcat community, request new features, and receive support.


### Space Weather Overview
![SpaceWeather.png](https://kayhan-prod-cms-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Space_Weather_5a55798537.png)
Space weather events can pose a real risk to satellite operations, including equipment damage, orbital anomalies, and communication loss. To give operators and enthusiasts a comprehensive view of orbital activity, Satcat provides current and future forecasts for geomagnetic and solar radiation storms, as well as radio blackouts. <a href="https://www.satcat.com/spaceweather" target="_blank">Satcat’s Space Weather overview</a> uses <a href="https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation" target="_blank">NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center's Space Weather Scales</a> to describe the severity of certain events, as well as visual representations of solar and geomagnetic activity.


### Launch Statistics
![SC6.png](https://kayhan-prod-cms-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/SC_6_a3b0da1473.png)
Stay up-to-date with the latest launches from around the world! Satcat's <a href="https://www.satcat.com/launchstats" target="_blank">Launch Stats </a> tool compiles data from <a href="https://thespacedevs.com/" target="_blank">The Space Devs</a> to provide users with a full view of upcoming weekly launches, as well as 30-day visualizations of launched satellites and decayed objects 

## Search Space with Satcat
Kayhan Space is on a mission to make space accessible to everyone, regardless of their level of expertise. Whether you're a satellite operator, astronomer, or simply interested in space, there’s something for you to explore on <a href="https://www.satcat.com" target="_blank">Satcat.com</a>!

**Thank you to the following data providers that have made this possible:**
- TLE Data — <a href="https://www.space-track.org/auth/login" target="_blank">Space-Track</a>
- Launch Vehicle Data — <a href="https://www.planet4589.org/space/gcat/" target="_blank">GCAT / J. McDowell</a>
- Space Weather Data — <a href="https://celestrak.org/SpaceData/SpaceWx-format.php" target="_blank">Celestrak</a>, <a href="https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/" target="_blank">GFZ-Potsdam</a>, <a href="https://wdc.kugi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dst_realtime/index.html" target="_blank">Kyoto University</a>, <a href="https://natural-resources.canada.ca/" target="_blank">Natural Resources Canada</a>, <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/jun2024f10-prd.txt" target="_blank">NASA</a>, <a href="https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/" target="_blank">NOAA SWPC</a>, and <a href="https://www.sidc.be/SILSO/DATA/SN_d_tot_V2.0.txt" target="_blank">SIDC</a>
- Brightness Magnitude & RSC Values — <a href="https://www.mmccants.org/" target="_blank">Mike McCant</a>
- Launch Data — <a href="https://thespacedevs.com/" target="_blank">The Space Devs</a>

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Introducing: Satcat

Kayhan Space’s autonomous space traffic coordination platform is better than ever with a suite of new improvements!

[Kayhan Space’s autonomous space traffic coordination platform](https://kayhan.space/products/pathfinder) is better than ever with a suite of new improvements!

# Navigating Pathfinder™ 3.1
[Pathfinder**™** 3.1](https://kayhan.space/products/pathfinder) focuses on enhancing and simplifying key areas of satellite operations, offering teams better visibility of their constellations through more flexible and streamlined workflows.

## Heartbeat Notifications Toggle
Operators asked, and we listened! 

The new **Heartbeat Toggle** enables operators to choose how they receive non-critical CDM notifications, opting to receive reports in batches rather than individually.

![heartbeat.png](https://kayhan-prod-cms-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/heartbeat_fc28533684.png)

## Screening App Improvements
**Pathfinder™ Screener** continues to be the ideal tool for satellite operators seeking to lower operational workload by reducing the number of future close approaches caused by maneuvers.

With the new design updates, operators can to submit a Primary <> SP Catalog screening job in little as 5 clicks! The <u>fastest time to submit a screening job in the UI is 8.7 seconds</u> — think you can beat it?

![screener.png](https://kayhan-prod-cms-images.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/screener_f5d7099c30.png)

## Differential Drag Maneuver Profiles
The 3.1 upgrade comes with enhanced capabilities for Pathfinder™ Pro users. Pathfinder™ Pro now offers LEO operators an additional tool for mitigating conjunction events: differential drag maneuver profiles.

- Generate both high and low-drag profile maneuvers for active conjunction events
- Test multiple drag scenarios with one tradespace generation
- Non-propulsive payloads can now participate in Operator to Operator events

Stay ahead of your missions and optimize fleet operations with Pathfinder™ Pro’s full-scope space traffic coordination suite. Let us show you all of these brand new capabilities — [schedule a demo with our team here](https://calendly.com/kayhan-space/45-min)!


# On the Horizon

At Kayhan Space, we’re committed to providing teams operating in orbit with the dynamic and efficient tools that enable them to manage their fleets effectively. 

Stay tuned —  more exciting enhancements to Pathfinder™ are coming soon!

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Introducing: Pathfinder™ 3.1!

Makes autonomous collision mitigation accessible to university missions and top-of-mind among future space leaders

Broomfield, Colorado – March 19, 2024 – Kayhan Space, the leading space analytics and spaceflight safety software provider, today unveiled its new Pathfinder Classroom space traffic coordination (STC) platform, which makes autonomous conjunction assessment and collision mitigation easily accessible to university space programs operating missions in increasingly congested orbits. 

Space situational awareness solutions are often an afterthought for most active university space programs throughout the U.S. and the world, primarily because they can be cost-prohibitive for academia. Kayhan Space’s Pathfinder Classroom solves both the priority and expense challenges facing university space operations by offering the latest subscription-based space traffic coordination services, currently used by leading satellite and mission operators, at a fraction of the cost.

Universities can utilize Pathfinder Classroom to assess the real-time safety and threat status of their CubeSat missions automatically and seamlessly implement the mitigation system to actively generate collision avoidance measures and maneuvers.

“The primary objective of our Pathfinder Classroom platform is to keep space safe for everyone by making cutting-edge space traffic management services affordable and top-of-mind among university space programs and students who represent the next generation of space industry leaders,” explained Siamak Hesar, Kayhan Space co-founder and CEO. 

The new Kayhan Space Pathfinder Classroom STC solution is inspired by Hesar’s firsthand experience as a student in the University of Southern California’s Astronautics Engineering program. “Space situational awareness is a must-have game changer capability for every commercial, government, and university mission operating in congested orbits. University programs that launch without the ability to effectively assess collision risks on orbit pose a real threat to mission-critical assets in space.”

Kayhan Space collaborated closely with commercial and government space organizations to design and develop Pathfinder Classroom. Insights from across the industry played an instrumental role in outlining the growing need for space traffic coordination capabilities among university space programs, which rely on real-life collaborations for space safety guidance.

“Kayhan Space has opened the door to ensuring our space program is fully capable of flying our satellite missions safely and securely in even the most popular and congested orbits in space,” said David Barnhart, Director of the University of Southern California Space Engineering Research Center. “Our students are privileged to have access to the same space traffic coordination software that is helping to protect some of the most important missions run by many of the largest operators in space today. Providing this as a service to university space programs not only helps predict best orbits prior to launch but instills the importance of assessing the space environment around Earth, as students enter the industry and government to lead future missions.”



Kayhan’s Pathfinder space traffic coordination platform is a scalable and autonomous solution that collects and fuses space object data from various sources, and leverages precise orbit prediction algorithms to determine upcoming conjunction events with high accuracy. The solution also automatically alerts operators of potential threats with actionable and ready-to-execute maneuver plans. 
The Origins of Kayhan Space was founded in the U.S. in 2019 when CEO Siamak Hesar and CTO Araz Feyzi, who are longtime friends, and immigrants celebrating over a decade as naturalized U.S. citizens, saw a growing need for the modernization of the space infrastructure and space traffic coordination in congested space.

Hesar, who holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder, brings a wealth of aerospace experience, including his time supporting NASA and JPL missions. Feyzi’s professional focus has long been on computers and software. Prior to Kayhan Space, he was a co-founder of Syfer, an internet security company.

The two combined their passions in space and software to form what has quickly become the world’s leading space situational awareness and automation company. Kayhan Space is dedicated to ensuring that the U.S. continues to lead the world in space capabilities and the commercial space sector continues to grow by streamlining and simplifying longstanding manual engineering processes with modern automation technologies.

For media inquiries, contact:

Nikki Bean  
Kayhan Space  
720-312-4497  
[nikki.bean@kayhan.space](mailto:nikki.bean@kayhan.space)

About Kayhan Space
Kayhan Space Corp. is making spaceflight safer with spaceflight safety software-as-a-service that enables satellite and mission operators to leverage precision data and real-time collaboration capabilities across the industry to anticipate and avoid conjunction events in space. Kayhan’s autonomous tools allow operators to coordinate safe avoidance maneuvers for all spacecraft and operators’ missions by reducing response time to collision events by more than 95%. The risk of a catastrophic collision in orbit is rapidly increasing as the number of satellites bound for space rises ten-fold over the next decade. Kayhan’s next-gen spaceflight safety platform allows operators to run missions with confidence in increasingly busy but important orbits around the Earth. For more information, visit [www.kayhan.space](https://kayhan.space).


Navigating Pathfinder™ 3.1

Heartbeat Notifications Toggle

Screening App Improvements

Differential Drag Maneuver Profiles

On the Horizon

Newsroom

Kayhan Space Selected as Data Quality Monitor for the Office of Space Commerce

Introducing: Satcat

Introducing: Pathfinder™ 3.1!

Kayhan Space Unveils Pathfinder Classroom - Space Traffic Coordination for Universities