Conveners
Clean Space and Environment Modelling #2
- Jeroen Van den Eynde (European Space Agency)
- Stijn Lemmens (European Space Agency)
Formalized and internationally supported space debris mitigation guidelines have been in place for several decades. Since 2010, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a comprehensive set of space system engineering standards aimed at mitigating space debris. These standards and guidelines reflect the common requirements and practices around the globe and are...
Sails and electrodynamic tethers have been proposed as passive devices to deorbit dead satellites. Their implementation in satellites would diminish very much their deorbiting time, typically down to a few years, as opposed to several decades. However, they would also increase very much the collision cross section of the said satellites, which would therefore increase the probability of...
