January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... for collective action are: growing space debris, the possibility of conflicts over space-based natural resources, and the possibility of war in space. Growing space debris The amount of space debris, especially in highly used orbits, is increasing...
January 2023
Space sustainability imperative
...understand - is what we’ve done to Earth’s climate a good parallel? And are there links between climate change and space debris? It’s an excellent parallel and there are definite connects because more than half of UN climate variables monitored today...
28 March 2019
India carries out first-ever anti-satellite weapon test
... time, the then head of DRDO – V.K. Saraswat – said India would not do a physical test “because of the risk of space debris affecting other satellites.” China received widespread global criticism for its test in 2007 when it shot down...
August 2016
Academia’s role in space protection, space traffic management & orbital debris mitigation
... ways to explore and define the state-of-the possible, and help it become the state-of-practice in space operations. Sources of space debris include explosions of rocket bodies. Specifically, there are five key areas in which academia is uniquely...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
...robots on orbit. This will in turn enable new, more flexible space systems to accelerate the current growth of the space economy, as well as mitigate the growing threat of space debris. Robotics is a rich area for research, development and investment...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... be removed from orbit using external impact. One of the methods is to burn up the debris using laser systems located in space, or changing the space debris fragments’ trajectory with the help of a laser, in order to prevent it from colliding with...
