Brussels moves to tackle satellite junk in space.
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a new Space Act that seeks to dial up regulatory oversight of satellite operators — including requiring them to tackle their impact on space debris and pollution, or face significant fines.
It’s ‘starting to look like a jungle up there.’
@sundogplanets
It's also the sort of business that I feel like any state foreign intelligence service ought to be willing to fund. Just in case something they regarded as not being useful to them in space needed to be de-orbited in a responsible and timely manner. I feel like we should try to persuade the band to capitalise on that... 
Regardless, astronomers of the world will be willing to give Space Junk Removal Service a listen 
https://spacejunkremovalservice.bandcamp.com/album/critically-reclaimed
#SpaceX #starship - the film trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiD8nGD0Q6w ... It's a little bit old but still explodes successfully! 
The #climate, the #environment, #nature and the taxpayers say thanks to the #billionaire. #sarcasmalarm
And you need much sarcasm reading the fanboys' comments who have no historic knowledge about how much better rockets once were (I watched the first moon landing live).
The #climate, the #environment, #nature and the taxpayers say thanks to #ElonMusk. #sarcasmalarm #spaceX #starship #trash #spacedebris
@daniel 
And with Lego, we had less #spaceDebris.
"'Generally speaking, this is not good for anyone who wants to continue to receive benefits from the use of space. Pieces of debris at that altitude will stick around for years, if not decades. Leaving those rocket bodies at 700-800 km altitude is incredibly irresponsible. China is just beginning to launch its very large constellations so there is time to fix this before it becomes a grave danger.'”
#SpaceX's "four-page letter lists the alleged flaws with AST's paperwork, concluding that its 'orbital debris mitigation plan fails to demonstrate that the FM1 satellite can operate safely and sustainably.' The same document also faults the application for failing to provide more details on how the company will prevent its satellite from disrupting #astronomy, even though AST recently reached a deal with the US National Science Foundation."
#Sonnenstürme verkürzen die Lebensdauer von #Starlink-Satelliten und lassen sie schneller zur Erde zurückkehren.
Durch erhöhte #Atmosphärendichte steigt der Luftwiderstand, was zu unvorhersehbaren #Bahnabweichungen führt. Das erschwert die #Kollisionsvermeidung und könnte das Risiko für herabfallende #Trümmerteile erhöhen. Mit Tausenden Satelliten im Orbit wird das #Weltraummanagement zunehmend komplexer.
#ESA & #UNOOSA #SpaceDebris infographics : 26,67 % 
#intentional breakup events. Red objects are not yet registered with the #UN, and are expected to rise 
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/ESA_UNOOSA_space_debris_infographics_and_podcast
From a @LiveScience op-ed by @sundogplanets: "#LEO is a valuable resource that must be protected and shared in a way that benefits the most people while simultaneously protecting LEO for use by future generations. We cannot have tens of thousands of #satellites in LEO without severe consequences for the atmosphere and an increasingly high likelihood of #KesslerSyndrome, which will limit our use of satellites for decades to centuries."
@andytiedye European #ESA is developping something like this: https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/Active_debris_removal but it's still a project for the future.
Also some private companies make experiments like this: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-worlds-first-space-sweeper-make-dent-orbiting-debris-180978515/ but you know the promises of all the "cleaners" for plastic pollution on earth that never worked.
space junk crowd question: Poland
#Satellite captures up close #photo of giant piece of #SpaceJunk https://zorz.it/CaFVT | #MattGrowcoot #Astroscale #ADRASJ #debris #orbit #ActiveDebrisRemoval #SpaceDebris #space #InternationalSpaceStation #news
@vuamsterdam is organizing a day long conference on Space Law and Sustainability, June 20:
https://vu.nl/en/events/2025/inaugural-conference-space-law-sustainability-center.
"The increasing accumulation of artificial space debris is introducing a new form of light pollution, which is progressively impacting night sky brightness and observational conditions for professional astronomy."
The modeled effect predicts "an increase in night sky background brightness of 5 to 11% above natural levels attributable to these objects."
The ISO/TC20/SC14 "Space Systems and Oprations" in Tsukuba/Japan is now finished. In the working group "orbital debris mitigation" we decided - among other things - to revise ISO 24113, our main space debris mitigation standard. We need stricter requirements to ensure sustainable use of space.
I set up a separate account for my work stuff and will post content related to space topics there from now on. Consider following @jangrosser if you are interested in #space, #aerospace, #spacedebris and more!
"U.S. officials are turning their attention to a pressing problem in space. As part of our Cyber Monday series with the Click Here podcast, we take a look at the problem of space debris.”
https://the1a.org/segments/cyber-monday-the-potential-threat-of-space-debris/
When I read about the fascinating and inventive engineer's work at #NASA for #Voyager1, it becomes abundantly clear to me what an enshittified rubbish company this guy has who can't even manage to keep his satellites up in orbit.
Voyager1 is 24,873,000,000 km / 15,455,000,000 mi from earth. Launched in 1977. Produced no #spacedebris falling into your garden.
