Jul 19, 2024 · Since 2016, ESA’s Space Debris Office has published an annual Space Environment Report to provide a transparent overview of global space activities and determine how well these and other international debris-reduction measures are improving the long-term sustainability of spaceflight.

Aug 10, 2023 · Since 2016, ESA’s Space Debris Office has published an annual Space Environment Report to provide a transparent overview of global space activities and determine how well these and other international debris-reduction measures are improving the long-term sustainability of spaceflight.

Apr 22, 2022 · Since 2016, ESA’s Space Debris Office has published an annual Space Environment Report to provide a transparent overview of global space activities and determine how well these and other international debris-reduction measures are improving the long-term sustainability of spaceflight.

Space debris presents two major concerns for astronomers. First, more debris means a greater risk that some of it will collide with an active space astronomy mission. If debris objects become too numerous, it may be impossible to launch spacecraft …

Jul 13, 2022 · Tighter global regulation is needed to ensure space sustainability. The rapid growth in satellite mega-constellations poses a significant risk to climate and the environment. What's the environmental impact of space debris and how can we solve it?

Apr 20, 2022 · Here we would like to briefly address and summarise some facts on the space environment. This environment is understood to contain all man made objects, including fragments and elements thereof, which currently, or previously did, reside in an Earth bound orbit.

Space debris (also known as space junk, space pollution, [1] space waste, space trash, space garbage, or cosmic debris [2]) are defunct human-made objects in space – principally in Earth orbit – which no longer serve a useful function.

In terms of materials degradation in space, the low‐Earth orbit (LEO) environment, defined as 200‐1,000 km above Earth’s surface, is a particularly harsh environment for most non‐metallic materials because single‐oxygen atoms (atomic oxygen [AO]) are present along with all other environmental components (Yang and de Groh, 2010).

Dec 9, 2024 · To stop them from becoming space junk, satellite operators send spacecraft to burn up in the atmosphere at mission’s end. The environmental impacts are still uncertain. Early on a Sunday...

Jul 25, 2024 · Large amounts of space debris and satellite megaconstellations in low Earth orbit are creating "an unsustainable environment in the long-term," according to a new report from the European...