14 June 2021
Space sector prepares for Sustainability Summit
... 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 Earth...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
..., even a small failure rate could see a significant number of uncontrolled objects posing an even greater threat to the space ecosystem. There are, however, technology-based solutions on the horizon, some of which are being developed to remove failed...
September 2021
Developing an in-orbit servicing and manufacturing economy
...supports students and young professionals. With a background in finance and space science, she is passionate about interdisciplinary collaboration and sustainability within the space ecosystem. Sam Adlen is Chief Strategy Officer for the UK Satellite...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... that can ensure both the national security and commercial aspects of space grow into a vibrant space ecosystem – on-orbit servicing, nuclear power and propulsion, space debris removal, and in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) are just a few...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... Corporation (CGWIC), a subsidiary of the China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation (CASC), China’s largest space contractor. CGWIC’s role in the Chinese space ecosystem is to act as a broker or ‘service provider’ for the Chinese traditional...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
... increase the number of manoeuvres to avoid the problem satellite. On a larger scale, this new space debris also threatens the rest of the space ecosystem in that it may trigger the Kessler syndrome, whereby a single debris collision may generate...
