... mass will survive re-entry and then could be found on the ground, theoretically," the head of ESA’s space debris office, Holger Krag, told reporters at a recent briefing. "However, to be injured by one of these fragments is extremely unlikely...
...a priority,” he adds. One of the biggest global challenges facing the growing space sector is orbital congestion and space debris - with a currently estimated 900,000 pieces of space debris, some of which could stay in orbit for hundreds of years and...
... and continuation of service for customers. There is currently no binding international treaty regarding the mitigation of space debris. However, national licensing bodies have started to place stricter requirements on operators. In addition, several...
..., however, to increase our thinking-to-doing ratio. Coincidentally, there are already efforts in that direction. On the topic of space debris, Planet and Spire, the two largest commercial CubeSat operators, have self-imposed rules to ensure that...
... along with many tens of thousands of pieces of space debris. Worryingly for many, this number of satellites is...the bigger picture by modelling the impact of all known space debris such as spent rocket stages and decommissioned satellites. This ...
... asked to identify ways to quantify, classify and assess the growing problem of low-orbiting space debris, to help protect the near-Earth space ecosystem. The judges represented a range of backgrounds, including organisations such as Friends of the...