April 2019
Cleaning up space
... operators that require US market access or spectrum licensing require FCC approval, including a plan for orbital debris mitigation. This updated rulemaking process is likely to have an impact on post-mission deorbit activities. UK Space Agency (UKSA...
February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
...etc), prolonging the life of existing satellites, restoring functionality and the ability to achieve profits… and, of course, debris mitigation. It is clear from this that IOS includes a full range of already well-understood space activities, as well...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
..., 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 initiating end-of-operational-life measures...
May 2019
Wake-up call for debris creation in geostationary orbit
...) we have a problem. At the 7th European Conference on Space Debris in 2017, it was concluded that in some regions of LEO we...expected number of trackable objects suggests that other debris-on-debris collisions have also occurred. The modelling used to...
August 2016
Academia’s role in space protection, space traffic management & orbital debris mitigation
... today chartered with comprehensively quantifying and assessing which countries are following which guidelines for space debris mitigation, and assessing the utility of these guidelines - i.e., are they doing what we intended them to do? There...
May 2024
Could ICAO be a NewSpace regulator?
... of space management, but it does not have the authority to make enforceable laws. For example, it is limited to producing debris mitigation guidelines and requesting that member voluntarily follow them. So, while COPUOS has done a great job, the...
