space sustainability
EU agency starts space sustainability initiative
The European Union’s equivalent of a foreign ministry is starting a new effort to promote the need for sustainable space operations, but that effort will not initially include any new regulation of European satellite operators.
Spaceport Norway 2019
Spaceport Norway 2019 will be arranged at Clarion Hotel & Congress in Trondheim – the third largest city and tech capital in Norway. Trondheim has over 38.000 students, 8000 researchers and over 1000 world class tech companies and resea…
ESA spacecraft dodges potential collision with Starlink satellite
ESA said Sept. 2 it maneuvered one of its Earth science satellites to avoid a potential collision with a SpaceX Starlink satellite, the first time the agency said it’s had to maneuver to avoid a satellite associated with a broadband megaconstellation.
Starlink failures highlight space sustainability concerns
The failure of at least five percent of the first batch of SpaceX Starlink satellites has put a spotlight on the growing concerns that satellite megaconstellations could litter low Earth orbit with hundreds of dead satellites.
Long-awaited space sustainability guidelines approved by UN committee
The approval of set of space sustainability guidelines by a United Nations committee has been widely endorsed by the global space community, even while questions remain on how those guidelines can be turned into more binding rules.
Consortium to develop “space sustainability” rating system
The World Economic Forum has selected a consortium of companies, universities and agencies to develop a system to rate the sustainability of space systems, one that its backers hope will encourage good behavior in space.
