... 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...
... point to potentially aggressive behaviour in outer space Meanwhile, notwithstanding the guidelines for orbital debris mitigation developed by the Inter Agency Debris Committee (IADC) and later endorsed by COPUOS and the UN General Assembly in 2007...
... Policy Institute Master’s programme at George Washington University, their research interests include space sustainability, orbital debris mitigation and ethics in science and technology. Riesbeck also holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Science and...