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The European Space Agency has awarded a contract to OKAPI:Orbits for a project aimed at integrating space traffic coordination with air traffic management. Collaborating with TU Braunschweig and DLR, the project addresses the increasing interactions between space launches and civil aviation.

It focuses on defining operational scenarios, quantifying uncertainties, and developing tools for dynamic air traffic management responses. The initiative will support both standard and emergency conditions, providing prototype software for actionable insights and decision-making. The collaboration leverages TU Braunschweig's expertise in orbital dynamics and DLR's air traffic management technologies, alongside OKAPI:Orbits' experience in space traffic management.