23 September 2016
ESA launch CleanSat initiative to clean up space debris
... initiative. “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...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... Space initiative at ESTEC has been a major contributor to space sustainability. ESA also funded several studies focused on debris removal as well as programmes such as Service Oriented ADR (SOADR), which considered both the technology and commercial...
October 2015
Space debris, Kessler Syndrome, and the unreasonable expectation of certainty
... criticism. On the face of it, there appears to be considerable procrastination or, worse, apathy towards the development of plans or guidelines for debris removal in spite of calls for action. But is this really the case? The real issue comes from...
January 2023
Clearing space junk from orbit
... led the EPFL International Risk Governance Center (IRGC) project on evaluating and managing risks related to space debris, and has experience in cleantech strategy consulting and research into environmental politics. Mr Buchs holds an MSc in Science...
July 2014
Beware the situation: how JSpOC tracks space debris
...associated transportation systems (spent rocket stages) and other related debris have entered the space domain. While many of these... The challenges posed by the increasing amount of debris and smaller satellites are fostering innovation and the ...
October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
... breaking off their host satellite. In a spin It is possible, however, that the mechanism responsible for much of the debris population could be one that was first identified in connection with asteroids. The Yarkovsky-O’Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack...
