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...
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...
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...
