March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
... than answers. Questions that merit, or even require, broad and careful consideration by all stakeholders in outer space. Space debris, or orbital debris, comprises man-made objects that range in size from miniscule flecks of paint to entire defunct...
24 April 2017
Call for international help with space debris
... vital telecom, weather, navigation, broadcast and climate-monitoring satellites,” said Holger Krag, Head of ESA’s Space Debris Office and conference chair. And, with the rise of mega constellations containing thousands of satellites that will...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... known, so that we can predict and avoid collisions. Computer graphic reflecting the extent of space debris now surrounding Earth. Protecting the space environment The more operators that contribute data, the better the overall accuracy of that...
23 September 2016
ESA launch CleanSat initiative to clean up space debris
... initiative. “We want European industry to be able to benefit from this market growth while still respecting international space debris mitigation regulations, to keep these key orbits safely usable into the future. The programme, appropriately named...
13 May 2023
Inmarsat boss calls for urgent action to reduce space debris
...single month than in the entire first 2.5 years of Starlink deployment. Based on statistical models produced by the ESA space debris office, it is estimated that there are 36,500 objects larger than 10 cm, one million objects between one to 10 cm and...
October 2015
Space debris, Kessler Syndrome, and the unreasonable expectation of certainty
...Earth’s orbits will inevitably fill with more and more space debris between 2009 (top) and 2209 (below). How... $10 has been spent for no gain. No matter what we do, space debris is going to increase. This simulation concentrates on the years 2009 (left...
