...first commercial orbital debris removal mission to operate in low Earth orbit (LEO), consists of two spacecraft, a Servicer (~180kg) and a Client (~20kg), and will demonstrate dynamically complex capture activities necessary to remove defunct objects...
... such vast numbers of satellites anticipated, there is a clear market for the removal of unwonted space junk. Aiming to take the lead in end-of-life services and active debris removal is Astroscale, with the aid of the UK government. Last week, the...
...this we envision two broad solutions: End-of-life Services (“Don’t add any more debris to the orbital environment”) and Active Debris Removal (“Bring down large debris objects currently in orbit”). End-of-Life (EOL) services The costs of building and...
... experience gained can then be put towards more effective future international legal instruments on space debris and active debris removal with global support. In so doing, there is an opportunity to collectively create new space law that is suitably...
.... For example, the Japanese and European space agencies JAXA and ESA have already committed funding to Active Debris Removal (ADR) missions, while a recent report by the US Office of Inspector General (OIG) recommended that NASA invests in methods...
... of the GEO protected region as per IADC guideline 3.3.2 [2]. This defines a toroid-like band that encircles Earth. Active Debris Removal (ADR) will need to be accomplished at some point because even under best-case scenarios we cannot expect 100...