May 2019
Active debris removal faces legal minefield
...end of their missions. It has been suggested that the most cost-effective and efficient method of debris mitigation is Active Debris Removal (ADR), which consists of a satellite performing a rendezvous with the object targeted for removal, initiating...
June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
.... Given mankind’s urge to extend its reach to new worlds, effective measures need to be taken to address the space debris in LEO to avoid the same mistakes there. Ethical considerations A solution must be found to ensure the protection of existing...
September 2023
Getting a grip on space sustainability and space debris
...constellation operators who may not want their own debris-removing satellites but who have a commercial ...of launches each with the potential to increase the proliferation of space debris. Do governments and the space industry have a ‘deadline’ to ...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... to provide conjunction assessment and warning services. Operators can also subscribe to JSpOC, a US government catalogue. However, for debris in GEO (the furthest from Earth), the data collected is simply not precise enough. We must work together...
March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
.... Questions that merit, or even require, broad and careful consideration by all stakeholders in outer space. Space debris, or orbital debris, comprises man-made objects that range in size from miniscule flecks of paint to entire defunct satellites...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
...experts and suborbital launch providers to name a few. The 70 or so participants at the session were polled: “Is all orbital debris ‘just junk’ to be removed by the first system capable of doing so?” and the majority of participants split their votes...
