August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
...from a whole host of international organisations, such as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) and the Conference on Disarmament, while consultations with the private sector also...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... and protect satellites from both natural hazards and man-made threats such as space debris. Stuart has an MSc in Astrophysics, a PhD in satellite constellation design, and has been a fellow of both the Royal ...
29 March 2018
China's Tiangong-1 space lab is destined for Earth, soon!
... 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...
14 June 2021
G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of space
...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...
25 November 2021
Astroscale secures multi-million dollar investment from Seraphim
... 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...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
..., 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...
