June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
..., this new space debris also threatens the rest of the space ecosystem in that it may trigger the Kessler syndrome, whereby a single debris collision may generate even more pieces of debris. Handling satellites once they are...
January 2023
Clearing space junk from orbit
... from one collision can generate another one and so on. This is the collisional cascade problem, known as the Kessler syndrome, which could lead to an exponential growth of the debris population that may have already commenced according to modelling...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
... satellites and the continuity of provision of all of the information and services that we now regard as essential. The Kessler syndrome describes a scenario where once we pass a critical mass of spacecraft and space debris in Earth orbit, collisions...
September 2025
AI cybersecurity - challenges in space
...a long-term threat to all operational satellites, further congesting critical orbits and increasing the risk of a cascading Kessler-syndrome-like event. Phi-sat-1 was the first experiment to demonstrate how onboard artificial intelligence can improve...
01 June 2021
Space junk collision highlights need for intervention
... he added. “They can also hinder future space activities through a collision cascade effect known as the Kessler syndrome, whereby debris objects collide with each other and disintegrate, resulting in an exponential increase in the debris population...
25 September 2020
The Consequential Frontier - Challenging the Privatization of Space
... been written by space professionals keen to highlight the inadequacies of the Outer Space Treaty or the effect of the Kessler Syndrome on low Earth orbit. The author of The Consequential Frontier (one wonders how many more titles can...
