31 July 2020
Amazon's Kuiper mega constellation gets FCC approval
... 1 centimetre and 128 million objects larger than one millimetre expected to reside in earth orbits, unless space debris mitigation measures are properly implemented by spacecraft designers and missions operators, the problem will only get worse...
07 November 2019
SSTL ships target satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale’s ELSA-d mission
... is scheduled to launch in 2020 on a Soyuz from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. SSTL is at the forefront of space debris mitigation and removal activities and is the satellite platform manufacturer and spacecraft operator for the RemoveDEBRIS...
23 September 2016
ESA launch CleanSat initiative to clean up space debris
.... “We want European industry to be able to benefit from this market growth while still respecting international space debris mitigation regulations, to keep these key orbits safely usable into the future. The programme, appropriately named CleanSat...
01 September 2016
Mega-constellation deployment to be discussed at IAC 2016
...of large constellations and explore the legal aspects of such deployments from the point of view of current space debris mitigation guidelines and applicable laws. The plenary session will be moderated by Professor Heiner Klinkrad, former Head of ESA...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
...accumulating in Earth orbit (I’ve heard numerous people say that debris mitigation was the next buzz-word to arouse investors in space ...efforts in that direction. On the topic of space debris, Planet and Spire, the two largest commercial CubeSat ...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... forward. Given that multi-disciplinary and international groups are now creating guidelines such as the Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines or the Hague Resources Building Blocks, such engagement could provide fruitful headway towards agreement. The...
