https://spacewatch.global/tag/active-debris-removal/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:42:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/active-debris-removal/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/10/spacewatchgl-recap-iac-2026-day-four-crowded-orbits-open-interfaces/ Fri, 09 Oct 2026 07:30:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=78823 On the last plenary day of IAC 2026, ESA’s Holger Krag warned that today’s disposal rules legally leave a thousand dead satellites a year in orbit, Astroscale admitted there is no debris removal market yet, and Japan, ispace, SpaceX and ESA debated how open the Moon’s infrastructure should be. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/06/ila-2026-the-price-of-success-when-orbit-becomes-a-problem-space-debris-liability-and-cleanup/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=75145 At ILA 2026, ESA's Dr. Holger Krag, DLR's Dr. Manuel Metz and BHO Legal's Katharina Prall join Space.Table's Nicola Kuhrt to confront the space-debris challenge — the scale of the threat, who's liable, and how mitigation, active removal and new law can keep our orbits usable.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/spacewatchgl-opinion-latest-progresses-on-debris-detection/ Fri, 10 Feb 2023 09:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46445 Spaceflight is undergoing revolutionary changes, and the net effect is that the sustainability of our orbit is at risk. The growing quantity of space debris located in economically and scientifically crucial orbits poses a serious hazard to functioning satellites.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/swglobal-opinion-asia-tech-x-singapore-working-towards-a-more-diverse-and-sustainable-space-sector/ Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41749 The Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG) conference took place from May 31 to June 3 in Singapore, the Lion City. Composed of several events such as the Asia Satellite Business Week, BroadcastAsia, CommunicAsia, ATxAI and others, it constituted a golden opportunity to catch up with the state-of-the-art technology and emerging trends across many parts of the tech sector.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/spacewatchgl-interviews/ Sun, 29 Apr 2018 07:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8515 Effective Space is poised to launch two spacecraft in 2020 that promise to transform our capabilities in space through in-orbit servicing. These SPACE DRONE™ spacecraft can extend the life of satellites that are reaching the end of their operational term, giving them a new lease of life, and enabling operators to continue bringing in revenues from their space assets long after they would originally have been decommissioned. This is true disruptive technology that will ultimately lead to many other avenues in the in-orbit servicing sector, and can help to tackle the critical challenges that the satellite industry faces such as how we deal with space debris. Helen Jameson, Editor-in-Chief, Spacewatch.Global, spoke to Daniel Campbell, UK Managing Director of Effective Space to get the lowdown on a company that is set to deliver unprecedented services to the space community. ]]>