17 November 2021
Debris from destroyed Russian satellite now visible in telescope images
... by Russia has now been spotted in space by Numerica Corp., a Colorado-based company that provides tracking of space debris objects. This week, Russia has faced an outpouring of condemnation after the country admitted to destroying a 2,000 kilogram...
14 February 2020
Astrocale and JAXA team up for the agency's first debris removal project
...CEO of Astroscale. “Several countries, including Japan, are taking action by funding missions which support the development of debris removal technologies, and we at Astroscale are excited to help drive the market by providing the most cost-effective...
27 November 2017
ASTROSCALE and SSTL join forces to get rid of space debris
... designed to safeguard the orbital environment for future generations. Together the companies will seek to identify ambitious debris removal projects and as a first step, ASTROSCALE has contracted SSTL to supply a “Target” satellite and avionics for...
23 September 2020
Third move for the ISS this year to avoid space debris
... conjunctions,” said NASA chief Jim Bridenstine via Twitter on Tuesday. This week’s incidence saw a piece of space debris pass as close as approximately 1.4 kilometers (nearly one mile) of the orbital laboratory, NASA said; significantly closer than...
22 June 2021
Space Debris Peril
... context. This sets it apart from the many books that have sought to highlight the problem of space debris but trivialised it in the process (for example, by referring to it as ‘space junk’). To some extent, it is over-academised, which risks...
24 June 2022
UK to lead review of space legislation and financial support for debris removal
... incentivise the sustainable use of space. “A ‘wild west’ space race without effective regulation risks a growing crisis of debris in space,” said UK science minister George Freeman during the 4th Summit on Space Sustainability in London this week...
