01 September 2016
Mega-constellation deployment to be discussed at IAC 2016
... University of Braunschweig. The panelists will include Dr. J.-C. Liou, NASA Chief Scientist for Orbital Debris; Dr. Holger Krag, Head of ESA Space Debris Office; Mr. Michael Lindsay, OneWeb Mission System Engineering and Analysis Lead; and Professor...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
... the position of the target satellite with a sufficient degree of accuracy. Forecasting the long-term evolution of the space debris population. This figure describes the results from of a large number of Monte Carlo simulations of the long-term...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
...refuelling services is expected to grow as lunar transportation and an in-orbit economy develops Space debris poses a persistent threat to government and industry space assets, direct risks to individual satellite operators, and a growing risk to the...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... 500,000 pieces of man made, non-functioning space debris, travelling at high speed which could seriously damage ... codes described above in respect of planetary protection and space debris mitigation. The dangers inherent in relying on voluntary codes...
April 2017
Mega-challenges for mega-constellations
...wholly residing in or crossing the LEO region on 1 January 2013, and derived from the ESA Meteoroid and Space Debris Terrestrial Environment (MASTER) model. To study the effect of existing guidelines in view of the constellation satellite traffic and...
01 June 2021
Space junk collision highlights need for intervention
... active intervention and prevention of an uncontrolled increase in the debris population, through both mitigation and remediation of the debris environment”. His article, Tackling space debris - a global priority, examined the urgent need to develop...
