October 2025
The law as a last line of defence when space debris hit home
..., communication between operators and trackers, and data sharing be fully realised. NASA has established a space sustainability division that consolidates a lot of the work surrounding the challenges of orbital debris research which encompasses...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... Flying Object fund’s portfolio company, is a good example of next-generation technologies coming out of Europe, enabling space sustainability by providing the lowest SWaP (Size, Weight and Power) and most capable electric propulsion for spacecraft...
April 2024
Commercial launch development in Spain
... point in the future they will be, and we want to be prepared. Moreover, space sustainability is a very important topic for us right now. This includes not only sustainability in terms of the environment - for example, we use rainwater to deluge our...
17 June 2024
EU funds research into inflatable heatshield technology
... applications like recovering rocket stages and hypersonic entry on Mars. “It also signifies a great future contribution to space sustainability. With its potential to return launch vehicles and elements of satellites safely to Earth, it can become...
12 May 2021
ESA signs contract with Swiss agency to clean space debris
... and developed economies, fast-moving space debris presents a looming threat to our presence in space-human and infrastructural alike. An April report 'Space Sustainability: The Economics of Space Debris in Perspective' from the Organization...
October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... there is actually no guarantee that this altitude also represents a minimum in the untracked population. Long term space sustainability. Call for control Kuiper and Starlink constellations will face a steady ‘rain’ of small debris objects descending...
