... could increase, resulting in an increased risk of collision. Preventing space debris is the most cost-effective and successful way of managing it. Although space debris mitigation might prove costly, a failure to ensure it runs the risk of service...
... following sections review possible deorbiting systems and other aspects under the currently fashionable headings of space debris mitigation and Active Debris Removal (ADR). The volume ends with sections on space law, risk assessment and...
... First of all, despite great efforts, it is important to realise that we do not have a binding framework for orbital debris mitigation. Although we have some useful guidelines adopted by the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS...
... and inclination can be expected. Other important demand drivers for launching small satellites are congestion and debris mitigation. Congestion will become a factor towards the end of the prediction period when the large number of satellites...
... level can be achieved, the IADC suggested, through widespread and good compliance with existing space debris mitigation guidelines, especially those relating to passivation (whereby all sources of stored energy on a satellite are depleted at the...
... corporations to launch, conduct and sustain operations in outer space. Soft law instruments in the form of space debris mitigation guidelines have been incorporated into respective national legislations and other policy documents of some States...