As part of the CONFERS effort, the University of Southern California’s Space Engineering Research Center (SERC) conducted initial research into existing RPO methodologies and practices through literature review and interviews with practitioners. This paper provides the results of the first year’s analysis in RPO methodologies via a database of flight executed RPO events from past missions (manned and unmanned). Based on the analysis, the paper provides initial recommendations to improve safety for cooperative RPO and methods to allow for safety and minimum risk that is scalable to any size satellite/spacecraft.  The analysis is meant to enable new innovations in technologies and techniques related to RPO for any size or caliber of spacecraft, and to present general observations on how RPO actions translate to the larger context of “servicing”.  The paper also discusses follow-on research that will expand to include attributes from “first contact” to docking, and elements that constitute the current suite of satellite servicing activities.