... a 400 km altitude, 51.6 degree inclined orbit. Design changes made for BEAK include a new aeroshell deployment mechanism. Debris mitigation LEO is one of the most commercially valuable regions of outer space (second only to geostationary orbit, GEO...
... have not even considered doing so. In any case, much remains to be done to actually reduce the population of orbital debris, while the launch of constellations of hundreds, maybe even thousands, of micro and nanosatellites to LEO will increase the...
... that an environment, once damaged, can be regenerated. Terrestrial parallels Current guidelines seek to prevent the creation of new debris, but they are not binding internationally Although the physical aspects of the space domain provide unique...
... of the IADC, have been more successful in gaining international traction. National regulators will take heed of the debris mitigation guidelines - although they are not obliged to do so – recognising them as best practice for mitigating the creation...
... Earth, only 2300 of which are functioning satellites. The remainder constitute the population normally known as space debris or space junk, a swarm of objects comprising anything from abandoned satellites and rocket upper stages to fragments from...
... before. This could lead to further proliferation of artificial debris that poses a threat on the sustainability of commercial operations... Current mitigation measures for low Earth orbit space debris are sub-optimal and include a long-standing ...