... variation during the decommissioning phase can greatly affect the chances of success for the re-entry manoeuvre. Debris mitigation and avoidance regulations are steadily becoming more restrictive. So far, all of the most exploited regions of orbital...
... and space agencies. For example, all ESA projects are subjected to the ISO 24113:2019 standard on debris mitigation requirements, which references the IADC recommendation. With LEO set to become significantly more congested than predicted...
... Clean Space initiative was founded. It is organised along four branches: eco-design, green technologies, space debris mitigation, and active space debris removal. The iconic Earthrise image taken by the crew of Apollo 8 as they rounded the fared...
... of active satellites. The growing space debris population has also increased the chances of debris-on-debris collisions, which can generate even more threatening debris. Only France has adopted debris mitigation guidelines into law The bulk of these...
... and Sustainability of Outer Space, UN Doc A/AC.105/C.1/2012/CRP.16 (2012). 2 IADC Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines, Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee, IADC- 02-04, 2002; revised 2007. 3 MA Skinner, et al, “Hazards at GEO: The Space...
... with good major collision avoidance operations and post-operation debris mitigation strategies, including de-orbit capabilities, small debris strikes are going to grow, probably creating more debris. It looks like the problem will accelerate and may...