September 2020
Tackling space debris - a global priority
... surveillance and tracking: tracking active and inactive satellites and space debris, collectively known as resident space objects (RSO). The risks imposed by space debris proliferation highlight the need to adequately address the challenges posed...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... probability that they will interfere with each other Although the potential dangers of physical collisions between space objects and the contingent increase in orbital debris is a broad topic of interest across the...
February 2017
Protecting our space interests
...-energy lasers as part of its ballistic missile defence programme. These could easily be adapted for use against space objects and any state that has reached a reasonable technological level would be capable of acquiring some capacity in this...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... and debris) 8100 tonnes of space objects in orbit. The number of debris objects estimated by statistical models to be in orbit is: 34,000 objects greater than 10 cm 900,000 objects from 1 cm to 10 cm 130 million objects from 1 mm to 1 cm. Even with...
June 2022
Patent protection for space manufacturing
...includes an explicit provision (Section 105 of 35 USC) specifying that “any invention made, used or sold in outer space on a space object or component thereof under the jurisdiction or control of the United States shall be considered to be made, used...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... current discussion. Firstly, when we consider STM, we can only actively manage the trajectory of a small fraction of the space objects in orbit and orbital debris cannot be directed in any way. Ultimately, we will have to remove large legacy debris...
