March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
...) uses the known locations of satellites, estimated trajectories of trackable pieces of debris, and other variables to predict where space objects will likely be a few days into the future. Through this process, known as conjunction assessment, JSpOC...
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...
July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
... of constellations of hundreds, maybe even thousands, of micro and nanosatellites to LEO will increase the density of active space objects that will eventually become orbital debris if their end of life de-orbiting is not managed properly. Satellite...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
... IV of the Treaty. Other than these two limitations, states are free to use space as they see fit. So, according to the OST, the placement of space objects - including the Humanity Star and the presently hypothetical orbital advertising displays...
