August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... a whole host of international organisations, such as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) and the Conference on Disarmament, while consultations with the private sector also fed...
May 2020
An ethical code for living in space
... and reports include a UN Report of 2000 on “The Ethics of Space Policy” with 256 pages but no decisions, the recommendations of the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) and even a practical EU document with 111 paragraphs to sign...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy during a visit to Masten Space Systems in Mojave, California. A 2013 study by the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) determined that the debris population in low Earth orbit will continue to grow...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... in the object ‘burning up’ on re-entry. However, not all space junk burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere. The Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) produced a set of Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines which led to satellite operators...
