September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... assets, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and the International Space Station (ISS) and its crew. Further, they could hinder future space activities through a collision cascade effect known as the Kessler syndrome, whereby debris...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... orbital population will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the way in which future space activity is conducted Whilst space itself may be ‘big’, the useful space around the Earth is finite, and orbits desirable for satellite operations are even...
January 2023
Clearing space junk from orbit
...example, by requiring more shielding or to conduct evasive manoeuvres - and they threaten the long-term benefits of space activities. Interconnected satellite communications networks. Debris removal Today, there are about a million human-made objects...
November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
... is returned to Earth within an approximately 25-year timeframe. Addressing the 2024 Management and Sustainability of Outer Space Activities conference in Lisbon, Portugal, the Director of UNOOSA, Aarti Holla-Maini, stated: “Unlike the gradual...
October 2015
Baikonur, Kibo and beyond: Japan’s leading role in space
... this principle, three programmes were identified to explore the frontiers for future space development. They were: space science and exploration; manned space activity; and space photovoltaic power generation. The Soyuz TMA-17M is transported to the...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
...tourism. There are, however, difficulties with simply transposing this to space activity. The nature of sovereignty and the apportionment of liability in international space law is fundamentally different to that adopted in aviation law. Additionally...
