I-D Action: draft-fraire-spacerg-constellation-registry-00.txt

Internet-Draft draft-fraire-spacerg-constellation-registry-00.txt is now
available.

   Title:   A Registry of Announced, Filed and Deployed Satellite Constellations
   Authors: Juan A. Fraire
            Dan York
   Name:    draft-fraire-spacerg-constellation-registry-00.txt
   Pages:   8
   Dates:   2026-08-06

Abstract:

   Aggregate figures for the number of satellites planned for low Earth
   orbit are widely quoted and rarely traceable.  They mix quantities
   that are not comparable: satellites already in orbit, satellites a
   national regulator has authorised, satellites applied for and not yet
   granted, and satellites that exist only in an announcement.  For a
   single system these can differ by orders of magnitude.  Which one a
   headline figure refers to decides whether it describes infrastructure
   or intent.

   This document describes a community-maintained registry that keeps
   the four apart and requires every number in it to carry a citation
   and an evidence grade.  It sets out the data model, the taxonomy of
   regulatory commitment, the rules that separate primary regulatory
   sources from secondary reporting, and the criteria for inclusion.

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