To address a rapidly changing space operating environment and ensure its preservation for generations to come, NASA released the first part of its integrated Space Sustainability Strategy advancing the agency’s role […]
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UPDATE 3: Rocket Lab successfully launches Astroscale’s satellite to study the removal of space junk
UPDATE 3: Astroscale Japan Inc. (“Astroscale Japan”), a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), provider of satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, confirmed the successful launch of […]
UPDATE 2: Rocket Lab readies for Sunday launch of Astroscale’s study to remove space junk
UPDATE 2: The next Electron mission is scheduled for lift-off on February 19 NZDT (February 18th UTC). The ‘On Closer Inspection’ mission is Rocket Lab’s second launch in 2024 and 44th Electron launch overall […]
Rocket Lab schedules Astroscale’s launch for ‘space junk’ inspection mission
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a provider of launch services and space systems, announced it has set the launch window for Astroscale’s orbital debris inspection demonstration mission. The ‘On […]
Secure World Foundation’s (Preprint) ‘Implementation of the UN COPUOS Space Sustainability Guidelines: Early Implementation’
In 2019, the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) adopted a set of 21 guidelines for the long-term sustainability of outer space activities, the […]
Global Satellite Operators Association’s Code of Conduct on Space Sustainability calls on operators to implement responsible practices
The Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA) today released its Code of Conduct on Space Sustainability, calling on operators to implement responsible practices that mitigate the risk of in-orbit collision, minimize […]
SWF’s 2023 fact sheets on anti-satellite testing, military and intelligence RPOs, and the X-37B
Secure World Foundation (SWF) has released updated versions of eleven fact sheets related to counterspace capabilities that cover ASAT testing in space, RPOs conducted in Earth orbit, and the X-37B Orbital […]
Orbex’s facilities’ footprint expands 30% for UK mainland’s first vertical rocket launch
UK-based spaceflight company, Orbex, has extended its footprint by over thirty percent across its Scottish and Danish design and production facilities, in preparation for the launch of its Prime rocket. […]
Arianespace’s Vega C to launch Clear Space’s first active debris removal mission
Arianespace and ClearSpace signed a launch contract for ClearSpace-1, the first active debris removal mission that will capture and deorbit a derelict space debris of 112 kg. The launch, scheduled […]
Major space companies call on governments to adopt ‘highway code’ to combat space junk
A coalition of space experts is urging space operators and global governments to adopt a landmark publication aimed at tackling the “rapidly increasing” risk of space junk collisions. Inmarsat is […]