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...
May 2026
Focusing the world on planetary defence
...philosophical: will we exploit asteroids as we have Earth, or will we learn to approach space with care and restraint? Growing threat of space debris Alongside asteroids, space debris has become an undeniable reality. More than 30,000 tracked objects...
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...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...been tested, and the practical issues remain hard to judge. Space debris is a high risk for a static elevator, as anything ... grip, issues in the atmosphere, avoidance methods for space debris and sufficient reliability of the tether and the climbers,...
