22 June 2021
Space Debris Peril
... 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...
September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... 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...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... 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...
October 2015
Space debris, Kessler Syndrome, and the unreasonable expectation of certainty
... 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...
October 2024
International space law - the beginning of the end?
... 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...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... 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...
