09 July 2021
Skyrora launches challenge to de-orbit historic satellite
...orbiting defunct satellites. A mission to de-orbit Prospero could be the space tug’s first real-world deployment and a demonstration of its long-term potential. Space debris - the ever-increasing volume of redundant satellites orbiting Earth - is one...
01 October 2020
UK to launch new international space collaborations
... collaboratively with our global partners, while boosting UK space exports and creating skilled jobs.” Potential projects cover a huge range of space activities, from tackling space debris with new monitoring technologies to using Earth Observation...
31 July 2020
Amazon's Kuiper mega constellation gets FCC approval
...a finalised plan for how it will mitigate orbital debris. Although Amazon have yet to complete the final ...one millimetre expected to reside in earth orbits, unless space debris mitigation measures are properly implemented by spacecraft designers and ...
14 February 2020
Astrocale and JAXA team up for the agency's first debris removal project
... orbital sustainability for the benefit of future generations. The international community is growing more aware of the risks of space debris and we are committed more than ever to turning this potential market into a reality.” Astroscale’s selection...
17 November 2022
Study aims to support rocket debris recovery system
... activities is one of the current hot topics in both the UK and global launch sectors. While not strictly ‘space debris' in the traditional term, Simpson says it is important to recognise rocket parts such as fairings should not contribute to the...
03 May 2019
Debris from India's ASAT test worse than predicted
... the frame in the remarkable video captured by Deimos. The white streaks, which themselves look like trails of space debris shooting through the skies, are in fact stars. They appear as dashed lines because the Deimos observatory...
