... convenient analytical tool for operators, insurers and other analysts to quantify risk to active and future spacecraft. Space debris is here to stay A wider concern is that proposed new mega constellations will place much more satellite ‘sail...
... crowded orbit of the Earth. NASA scientist Donald J Kessler first theorised about the risk of an exponential increase in space debris due to chain collisions in low Earth orbit back in 1978, recognising that if such a scenario were to occur, access...
... we have seen an ever-increasing number of launches each with the potential to increase the proliferation of space debris. Do governments and the space industry have a ‘deadline’ to get on top of this and, if we don’t act quickly enough, do you see...
... of Management, Vol.42, No.3, March 2016 671-697. 8 McKnight, D., “Proposed Series of Orbital Debris Remediation Activities”, 7th European Conference on Space Debris, Darmstadt, April 2017. About the author Dr Darren S McKnight is Technical Director...
... than answers. Questions that merit, or even require, broad and careful consideration by all stakeholders in outer space. Space debris, or orbital debris, comprises man-made objects that range in size from miniscule flecks of paint to entire defunct...
... on the characterisation of the space debris environment, as well as on space debris mitigation and remediation measures. Much of the research on space debris focuses on four core themes: space debris detection; debris population characterisation and...