April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... the composition of the spacecraft. Active debris removal (ADR) is directed at large pieces of space debris, ...be hazardous or cause damage to infrastructure on Earth. ADR techniques include aerodynamic drag augmentation, solar sails, auxiliary ...
12 March 2018
Satellite-servicing space drones set for launch in 2020
... be used for additional tasks such as supporting low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations and active-debris-removal (ADR) missions. The diminutive craft’s longer term uses could also include support for asteroid-mining, deep...
February 2018
Are we asking the right questions about space debris?
...studying 100-year evolution models, waiting for someone to develop ADR solutions, or hoping that massive collisions will not occur. In...massively catastrophic collision? Can we enhance the utility of ADR operations? And, can we respond to an individual...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... of the GEO belt, it is something that will need to be done in the long-term. Thus, we should continue to investigate ADR, its derivatives and similar alternatives, though it is probably unfeasible to begin constructing any deployable systems for the...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... and innovations are likely to have as much of an impact as government initiatives. Active debris removal Active debris removal (ADR) is another area that has seen the emergence of proposed commercial solutions. Numerous technical solutions have been...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... (ESOC). European Union - The EU (via the European Commission) fully funded the RemoveDebris mission, a demonstration of ADR capture technologies consisting of a consortium of European industry and coordinated by Surrey Space Centre. The EU and ESA...
