April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
...that they gravitate towards individual symposia (on space propulsion, space debris or space history, for example), but this tends to... of conference sessions and exhibits. The need for space debris mitigation in low Earth orbit now seems to be a ‘given...
16 January 2018
MP highlights ROOM article during Parliamentary debate
... government to be “bold”. In response to a question about space debris mitigation, Mr Hayes produced the Autumn 2017 issue of ROOM and said:... weekend on exactly that point. It is headed ‘Space debris break point’ and it sets out precisely the kind of...
04 February 2018
Space Traffic Control
... that juncture in space’. In eight chapters, the book describes space situational awareness and tracking systems, debris mitigation techniques, the threats and hazards themselves and how to improve the situation in future. It is illustrated, fairly...
June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
...-SAT in a circular orbit over the poles at an altitude of about 620 km – an orbit that meets all technical and debris mitigation guidelines yet presents an actual and typical ‘in-space’ scenario. Already over 100 different experimenters from across...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... Bill was amended during its passage through Parliament so that regulators had to “have regard to the space debris mitigation guidelines”. Although included in the final iteration of the Act, the provision in Schedule 1, Para 1(f) is only made with...
April 2019
Protecting our lunar legacy
... protections for the way forward. We may note, in passing, that not much is being done regarding space debris mitigation after decades of discussion. So maybe it is opportune on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the first Moon landings to make a call...
