Another Satellite Breakup Adds to Rising Problem of Space Junk October 22, 2024 A large communications satellite has broken up in orbit, affecting users in Europe, Central Africa, the Middle East, Asia and...
How Brexit Hobbled Britain’s Race to Space January 2, 2024 By Thomas Seal Britain’s push to become a “space superpower” is being undermined by political disarray and weak domestic investment, while showing how...
Russia Missile Test Creates New Belt of Space Junk, Escalating Threat to Satellites November 19, 2021 By Todd Shields The Russian missile test that shattered a dead satellite this week highlights a growing threat of space debris just as...
UK Space Industry Aims to Remove Dangerous Space Junk from Orbit April 16, 2021 By Thomas Pfeiffer and Thomas Seal A defunct satellite spent early April hurtling through space toward the body of an old rocket, threatening a collision that...
Debris Could Threaten Operations in Space – as Well as Earthbound Activities February 22, 2021 Hiscox, the specialist insurer, has called for action to tackle the growing problem of manmade space debris and the threat...
Space Junk: Emerging Global Risk Threatens Satellite Communications – Opinion September 21, 2018 By Mark Buchanan, Bloomberg View Last Saturday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2, which will monitor Earth’s...
Growing Amount of Space Debris Threatens Satellites: Allianz Report July 11, 2012 A study from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) warns that “man-made space junk poses a serious threat to all...