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New Solutions for the Space Debris Problem

Part of the SpringerBriefs in Space Development Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17151-7

ISBN: 978-3-319-17150-0

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Mar 5, 2015

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Chapter 1Introduction

Pelton, Joseph N.

Pages: 1 –9

[Fifty years ago at the dawn of the space age, space sciences, space exploration and space applications were in their infancy. For the most part, little was known about how space might be used to achieve practical purposes and little was known about the conditions or possible use of outer space...
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Chapter 2Current Space Debris Remediation and On-Orbit Servicing Initiatives

Pelton, Joseph N.

Pages: 11 –29

[There are now quite a number of active programs around the world that are seeking to address the orbital space debris problem through remediation practices. In a few cases there are on-orbit servicing (also known as in-orbit servicing) programs that could also be utilized to assist with orbital...
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Chapter 3Exploring New Approaches and Solutions to the Orbital Space Debris Problem

Pelton, Joseph N.

Pages: 31 –38

[The legal definition and status of orbital space debris is problematic in a variety of ways. As already noted, all human crafted items launched into space are known as “space objects” as specifically defined in the Liability Convention and generally conceived in the Outer Space Treaty. [Treaty...
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Chapter 4Examining the Case for Active Orbital Debris Removal

Pelton, Joseph N.

Pages: 39 –51

[For some time the problem of increasing orbital debris has been clearly understood to be a potential menace to the future sustainable use of space. Dr. Donald Kessler, the father of the concept of the so-called “Kessler Syndrome”, has recently written that even with the 25 year rule for removal...
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Chapter 5New Technological Approaches to Orbital Debris Remediation

Pelton, Joseph N.

Pages: 53 –68

[Efforts to develop active space debris removal projects currently underway were described earlier in Chapter 2. Virtually all of these projects relied on the current state of space technologies. Many of these currently envisioned projects involve sending up a robotic spacecraft that can attach...
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Chapter 6Legal Challenges Related to Active Orbital Debris Removal

Pelton, Joseph N.

Pages: 69 –79

[There are currently several sources of international regulatory control and pertinent legal instruments related to orbital debris and its removal. Three of these sources are currently existing international instruments of law, namely the pertinent original principles of international law devised...
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Chapter 7New Ways Forward: A Program of Action for Orbital Space Debris

Pelton, Joseph N.

Pages: 81 –84

[In today’s increasingly complex world it turns out that most problems and issues are interdisciplinary in nature. Unfortunately, most of the tools and processes we have available to address these issues are often geared to a single discipline or capability. The issue of orbital space debris is...
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Chapter 8Top Ten Things to Know About Active Debris Removal

Pelton, Joseph N.

Pages: 85 –88

[All that one needs to know of the orbital debris problem and the concerns it raises for those engaged in space activities is the story revealed by looking at the images over the last 50 years that show the accumulation of space debris surrounding the Earth in low, polar, medium, and...

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