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Flight Safety: Tracking Space Debris and Preventing Collisions

This act aims to enhance flight safety by establishing a system to track objects that could fall from space and endanger aircraft or people on the ground. As a result, citizens can feel safer during air travel and in their homes, as the risk of impact from space debris will be minimized through early warnings and flight rerouting.
Key points
A program will be established to track space debris that could threaten aircraft.
A database of these objects will be created to better predict their movements.
The system will warn and redirect aircraft to avoid collisions.
Data protection procedures will be implemented to ensure information security.
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Additional Information
Print number: 117_HR_2624
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Process start date: 2021-04-16