Satellite operations in Earth orbit are imperilled by both man-made debris and the flux of natural meteoritic material. Estimates of…
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The Registration Convention is one of the international treaties which regulates the space environment. Implemented in the 1970s, it requires…
After the GNOSIS Black Swan Events workshop, I would like to use the enthusiasm roused by the presentations to suggest…
PL Payload PD Payload debris PM Payload mission related object PF Payload fragmentation debris UI Unidentified RB Rocket body RD…
Space debris manifestly represents a problem; one that urgently needs to be addressed if humankind is to continue to benefit…
According to the dictionary definitions, Black Swan events are those which are statistically very unlikely to occur; and as a…
The need for improved situational awareness of the space operating environment, or “SSA”, is growing, with over 95% of the…
Historically, the majority of the tracking of objects in Earth orbit has been conducted by “remote” sensors, based on the…
In the early hours of Monday 15/11/2021 a Russian direct ascent anti-satellite (DA-ASAT) weapons test occurred, reportedly testing the PL-19…
The Space Debris issue is often compared to the Great Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean, a swirling vortex of…