23 September 2020
Third move for the ISS this year to avoid space debris
... conjunctions,” said NASA chief Jim Bridenstine via Twitter on Tuesday. This week’s incidence saw a piece of space debris pass as close as approximately 1.4 kilometers (nearly one mile) of the orbital laboratory, NASA said; significantly closer than...
22 June 2021
Space Debris Peril
... context. This sets it apart from the many books that have sought to highlight the problem of space debris but trivialised it in the process (for example, by referring to it as ‘space junk’). To some extent, it is over-academised, which risks...
24 June 2022
UK to lead review of space legislation and financial support for debris removal
... incentivise the sustainable use of space. “A ‘wild west’ space race without effective regulation risks a growing crisis of debris in space,” said UK science minister George Freeman during the 4th Summit on Space Sustainability in London this week...
17 November 2022
Study aims to support rocket debris recovery system
...reusability by creating bespoke recovery systems and preventing rocket debris ending up in the oceans. Founder and managing ...the UK and global launch sectors. While not strictly ‘space debris' in the traditional term, Simpson says it is important ...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... private sector initiatives and innovations are likely to have as much of an impact as government initiatives. Active debris removal Active debris removal (ADR) is another area that has seen the emergence of proposed commercial solutions. Numerous...
April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
...result of past activities in space, a massive amount of space debris - non-functional and uncontrolled objects - has been left in... Additionally, there exists the ever-present danger of debris-on-debris collisions for objects trapped in the GEO belt. ...
