July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... would arguably qualify as such distress. Article 5 of the same treaty obliges States with reason to believe that a space object (or its component parts) that has returned to Earth “is of a hazardous or deleterious nature”, and there is an obligation...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... among the various actors. They advocate enhancing the registration of space objects, sharing information on space situational awareness (SSA) and promoting awareness of space sustainability to address the potential hazards arising from debris. The...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
...solar and lunar gravity perturbations, satellites are expected to regularly correct their orbits. Also, as the population of space objects is increasing rapidly, satellites need to perform manoeuvres more often to prevent any risk of collision. These...
14 October 2020
NASA signs up nations for its Artemis Accords, while Russia shuns Gateway plans
...will be the broadest and most diverse international human space exploration program in history, and the Artemis Accords...cover a number of aspects, including registration of space objects, release of scientific data, preserving heritage, ...
October 2024
Off-Earth risks to the human skeleton
... As a result, the decrease in functional loads during a space mission poses a potential danger to the skeleton, and in ...for planning interplanetary missions and human activities on other space objects. BMD losses after such missions do not exceed ...
18 October 2016
Australian Defence space capability gets a boost as it gets ready to launch its Buccaneer CubeSats
... Professor Russell Boyce, Director of UNSW Canberra Space. Along with contributing to UNSW Canberra Space’s research program by looking at ways to more accurately predict the orbits of space objects, Buccaneer will perform calibration experiments for...
