October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
... 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...
February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... 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...
March 2015
ESA’s Clean Space Initiative and the role of the LCA tool
... 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...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... 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...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... 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...
September 2017
Measuring space debris risk
... 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...
