28 May 2016
Editor-in-chief speaks at international space lawyers’ conference
... technologies and activities, military policies, and the challenges and risks they represent in terms of space security. Presentations by renowned academics and subject-matter experts are addressing the adequacy and inadequacy of current rules...
October 2015
Space debris, Kessler Syndrome, and the unreasonable expectation of certainty
... the publication of the work by Liou and Johnson there has been considerable interest shown in remediation of the space environment. In particular, significant effort has been invested across the globe in the development of methods to remove objects...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
...in the case of major satellite failure or the impossibility of controlling the satellite from the ground. The European Space Agency’s Envisat, launched on April 2002 and declared inoperative in 2012 due to an unidentified failure, will take up to 150...
June 2022
Finnish start-up ReOrbit aims to revolutionise space industry
...a software-defined architecture. The exponentially accelerating pace of technological change is a concept not fully understood. In his book, Space is Open for Business, Robert Jacobson quotes David Rose, the Founder of New York Angels, who summarised...
February 2016
Data Systems to Support Early Warning of Spaceborne Emergency Situations
... of Russia, Ministry of Defence of Russia, Roscosmos and others, have functional automated control systems that monitor dangerous space objects - and their goal is to discover, analyse and predict the consequences of DCS-related emergencies. The main...
14 June 2021
G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of space
...Only through such leadership, with all nations working together, will we preserve the space environment for future generations.” Mert Evirgen, of Northern Space Security, also advocates the need for legally binding guidelines in his article Collision...
