Automated determination of cost ownership of space debris

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium communicatively coupled to the processor and storing program instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
• receiving data from a data stream of one or more satellites, wherein the data comprises observational data of one or more objects in orbit;
• determining, based on an analysis of the observational data, that a first satellite of the one or more satellites has changed from a first orbital path to a second orbital path to avoid colliding with a first object of the one or more objects in orbit;
• and
• calculating a cost value for the first satellite changing from the first orbital path to the second orbital path, wherein the cost value is applied to a total cost of ownership for an owner of the first object and is based on a cost evaluation of a disruption of service associated with the first satellite.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• receiving data from a data stream of one or more satellites, wherein the data comprises observational data of one or more objects in orbit;
• determining, based on an analysis of the observational data, that a first satellite of the one or more satellites has changed from a first orbital path to a second orbital path to avoid colliding with a first object of the one or more objects in orbit;
• and
• calculating a cost value for the first satellite changing from the first orbital path to the second orbital path, wherein the cost value is applied to a total cost of ownership for an owner of the first object and is based on a cost evaluation of a disruption of service associated with the first satellite.