Experts gathered at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2024 in Milan, the theme of which was “Responsible Space for Sustainability” discussed debris mitigation and remediation, concluding that there are no simple answers, reports Space News.
Researchers presented numerous of papers on debris-related issues such as detection, tracking and related legal, policy and economic considerations, and experts discussed space situational awareness (SSA), active debris removal (ADR) and automated collision avoidance.
These discussions highlighted the challenges of different satellite operators, commercial, scientific and defense organizations having different views, guidelines and policies around space debris mitigation, and differing priorities between organisations launching large constellations and those developing single, unique satellites.
They also discussed the particular challenges associated with megaconstallations. With no internationally agreed "rules of the road", communication is key between operators launching satellites through the orbital shell of a large constellation and the constellation operators.
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