September 2017
Measuring space debris risk
... convenient analytical tool for operators, insurers and other analysts to quantify risk to active and future spacecraft. Space debris is here to stay A wider concern is that proposed new mega constellations will place much more satellite ‘sail...
February 2018
Are we asking the right questions about space debris?
... of Management, Vol.42, No.3, March 2016 671-697. 8 McKnight, D., “Proposed Series of Orbital Debris Remediation Activities”, 7th European Conference on Space Debris, Darmstadt, April 2017. About the author Dr Darren S McKnight is Technical Director...
March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
... than answers. 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...
19 January 2018
Chinese study proposes using lasers to clear out space debris
... System Engineering Company, suggests that lasers could be used to help the ever-growing space debris problem. Ever since man's first exploits in space, space debris has been accumulating in low Earth orbit and currently poses a major threat to both...
24 April 2017
Call for international help with space debris
... vital telecom, weather, navigation, broadcast and climate-monitoring satellites,” said Holger Krag, Head of ESA’s Space Debris Office and conference chair. And, with the rise of mega constellations containing thousands of satellites that will...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... known, so that we can predict and avoid collisions. Computer graphic reflecting the extent of space debris now surrounding Earth. Protecting the space environment The more operators that contribute data, the better the overall accuracy of that...
