June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
... mankind’s urge to extend its reach to new worlds, effective measures need to be taken to address the space debris in LEO to avoid the same mistakes there. Ethical considerations A solution must be found to ensure the protection of existing in-orbit...
January 2023
Producing food in space
...and there are regular shipments to resupply it in low Earth orbit (LEO). Once you start increasing the distance from Earth, resupply is not ... the water needed can be recycled. When it comes to LEO missions, a solution like this can also save money as ...
April 2025
Spacecraft anomalies and insurance losses
...insured spacecraft are in GEO. Low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation operators sometimes insure the launches of their ... because most insured spacecraft are in GEO rather than in LEO orbit where a greater conjunction risk exists, and where meteor...
April 2026
Spaceflight and the radiation problem
...issue of radiation. Just one day in low Earth orbit (LEO) exposes a person to the same amount of radiation experienced ... diseases. Shielding Just one day in low Earth orbit (LEO) exposes a person to the same amount of radiation experienced...
May 2026
Satellite brightness and the mitigation challenge
...thousands of new satellites are flooding low Earth orbit (LEO), turning the night sky into a glowing screen.... standardisation bodies, and the IAU’s magnitude 7.0 recommendation at LEO may inform these future standards. Crucially, the Commission chose ...
16 October 2019
SpaceX files request to launch 30,000 more Starlink satellites
...constellation could consist of a mammoth 42,000 low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites filling up space above our planet. The ITU,...SpaceX's Starlink and other planned extensive satellite constellations in LEO would pose to astronomy. Also under fire were ...
