March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... with nearly a dozen spent Russian rocket upper stages of a similar scale, represents one of the top public space debris problems. NASA visualisation of LEO (low-Earth orbit) clutter A number of policy, legal, and regulatory questions will...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... seems another best use of the ‘next’ dollar: funding additional sources of high-quality observations of space debris. National space agencies or science foundations might set up a series of operations and maintenance service contracts with colleges...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
...‘intra-planetary geopolitical squabbles’ will simply disappear. We are locked into a truly terrifying phase of space pollution as the space debris problem changes from being passive to aggressive In seeking ways to protect Earth from military and non...
November 2019
UAE meteor and debris monitoring network
...also become an essential method of planetary defence, allowing observers to document and take precautions when necessary against space debris like meteors and satellite remnants. Many of these remnants do not enter the atmosphere; instead, they orbit...
17 November 2021
Debris from destroyed Russian satellite now visible in telescope images
... destroyed during a missile test carried out by Russia has now been spotted in space by Numerica Corp., a Colorado-based company that provides tracking of space debris objects. This week, Russia has faced an outpouring of condemnation after the...
April 2025
Space sustainability and the role of space situational awareness
...increases the aerosol contamination of the stratosphere due to the composition of the spacecraft. Active debris removal (ADR) is directed at large pieces of space debris, including satellites and rocket bodies, since these are too large to fully burn...
