August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... development of the guidelines, members of UNCOPUOS accepted that it was an on going and organic process, whereby notions of space sustainability develop as both technology and cooperative mechanisms evolve. One only has to look at the success of the...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
... and civil society, and published the first iteration of its Best Practices for the Sustainability of Space Operations. The recently-announced Space Sustainability Rating, a collaboration of the World Economic Forum, the MIT Media Lab, the University...
14 June 2021
Space sector prepares for Sustainability Summit
... discussions that have taken place so far.” Findings from the initiative are to be showcased at the free online Sustainable Space Summit on 23 June. The event will also highlight the many benefits that accessing...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... risk could drive the development of innovative solutions for the challenges facing the entire space community. Space sustainability should be viewed as a business problem both from the perspective of risk and of opportunity. There is an opportunity...
14 June 2021
G7 nations commit to the safe and sustainable use of space
..., even if the outcomes of our inactions today may only become apparent in the future,” he says. “While space sustainability has been a topic of discussion among academics and technologists for decades, the importance of protecting Earth's orbital...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... influential participant in the subject of debris policy and research, and its Clean Space initiative at ESTEC has been a major contributor to space sustainability. ESA also funded several studies focused on debris removal as well as programmes such...
