17 November 2021
Debris from destroyed Russian satellite now visible in telescope images
... in size and spread in a ring around the Earth that will likely remain on orbit to threaten other space objects for years to come. “Regardless of rationale, to deliberately create orbital debris of this magnitude is extremely irresponsible,” said...
12 January 2021
Skyrora reveal new UK-built vehicle in live test
...perform a variety of maintenance tasks, is revolutionary to the UK/EU Space Industry. One of the possible objectives of the Upper Stage would be to tackle the issue of space junk by removing redundant space objects from orbit. There are around 34,000...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
... law, for example supervising the activities of Polish non-governmental entities in outer space and maintaining the register of Polish space objects. In accordance with best practices in Europe and the world, POLSA aims to execute its tasks through...
September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
... mostly burn up in the lower atmosphere or, in rare cases, fragments reach the surface of Earth (as meteorites). Man-made space objects (MSOs), however, having been launched from Earth into orbit, remain in orbit for a long time, creating...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... RSGS satellite for robotic servicing in GEO. Cleaning up Robotics are, as previously noted, a viable means of docking two space objects, even when the client is not specifically designed for docking. There are other approaches for capturing...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... (SDC), which ingests flight dynamics information from member companies as well as other available sources of space object information to provide conjunction assessment and warning services. Operators can also subscribe to JSpOC, a US government...
