July 2014
Beware the situation: how JSpOC tracks space debris
... space situational awareness datasharing agreements with 41 commercial entities, two intergovernmental organisations and five nations (France, Italy, Japan, Australia and Canada) for increased data sharing. These agreements enable products that...
March 2015
ESA’s Clean Space Initiative and the role of the LCA tool
... regions. Recently updated regulations such as ESA’s own “Requirements on Space Debris Mitigation for Agency Projects” and France’s “Space Operations Act” impose regulations on the environmental impact of space activities. Space exploration and the...
October 2015
From NEOs to real action: testing asteroid impact scenarios
..., it would impact in 2028. The risk corridor extended from Indonesia to Africa, across the Mediterranean Sea through France, the United Kingdom, across the Arctic Ocean and up through to Greenland. Even if you knew precisely what...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
... University of Addis Abba, Ethiopia; Space Institute for Research on Innovative Uses of Satellites of University of Toulouse, France; University of Adelaide, Australia; Australian Air Force; Canadian Space Agency, and several private consultants. The...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
..., and in insurance contracts. In some cases, national legislation implements additional regulations for debris prevention. The France Space Operation Act requires all national and international operators active on French territory to decommission all...
February 2016
How to Build Planets
.... JeanFrancois Gonzalez, a researcher who studies grain growth in protoplanetary discs at the Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, France, said: “Tiny grains are tightly coupled to the gas, they are effectively glued to it, but the drag ...
