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Paris (ESA) Dec 15, 2023 - Earth is surrounded by spacecraft carrying out vital work to study our changing climate, deliver global communication and navigation services and help us answer important scientific questions. But i

Paris (ESA) Dec 15, 2023 - Earth is surrounded by spacecraft carrying out vital work to study our changing climate, deliver global communication and navigation services and help us answer important scientific questions. But i

Future missions to remove ‘dead’ satellites from space could be made less complex if they are fitted with a 100g detumbling device developed by Airbus.

Between the launch of the Soviet Sputnik-1, the world's first artificial satellite, in 1957, and the end of 2019, humanity sent some 8,500 objects into space. Three and a half years ago, 5,100 of (...)

Between the launch of the Soviet Sputnik-1, the world's first artificial satellite, in 1957, and the end of 2019, humanity sent some 8,500 objects into space. Three and a half years ago, 5,100 of (...)

Paris (ESA) Aug 11, 2023 - Our planet is surrounded by spacecraft carrying out important work to study our changing climate, deliver global communication and navigation services and help us answer important scientific questio

Professor Minna Palmroth, head of the Space Physics Research Group at the University of Helsinki, argues that we must rethink our current approach to space if we are to keep it open for use by future generations.

The ESA estimates there are 1m pieces of debris in Earth’s orbit that could impact or destroy a spacecraft but are too small to be tracked.

The report warns that behaviours in Low Earth Orbit are not changing fast enough and more than half of operators flying at this important altitude make no attempt to sustainably dispose of their missions.