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André Kuipers

ESA astronaut André Kuipers on sheltering from space debris

22/04/2021 2738 views 53 likes

When the atmosphere isn't enough

19/04/2021 5163 views 64 likes

Space Debris

Join the Online Space Debris Training Course 2021

26/02/2021 11814 views 39 likes

Geostationary orbit

ESA and UNOOSA illustrate space debris problem

10/02/2021 11020 views 126 likes

What are satellites up against when it comes to space debris?

ESA & UNOOSA space debris infographics and podcast

10/02/2021 15714 views 14 likes

Iodine thruster used to change the orbit of a small satellite for the first time ever

Iodine thruster could slow space junk accumulation

22/01/2021 7515 views 195 likes

Process of capture

ESA purchases world-first debris removal mission from start…

01/12/2020 29228 views 157 likes

Geostationary orbit

The current state of space debris

12/10/2020 71927 views 204 likes

ESA's Optical Ground Station

First laser detection of space debris in daylight

04/08/2020 13080 views 90 likes

Online group photo

ESA Academy’s Space Debris Training Course 2020 goes online!

25/06/2020 2322 views 3 likes

Distribution of space debris around Earth

The cost of space debris

07/05/2020 36315 views 82 likes

Hubble solar cell impact damage

Hubble's impactful life alongside space debris

30/04/2020 17210 views 72 likes

Students with their certificates

Join the Online Space Debris Training Course 2020

28/04/2020 10320 views 30 likes

ClearSpace-1

ESA commissions world’s first space debris removal

09/12/2019 125783 views 445 likes

Automating collision avoidance

22/10/2019 28038 views 65 likes

Reducing debris creation

Enabling & Support

AI challenged to stave off collisions in space

09/10/2019 8862 views 52 likes

Measuring cyclones

ESA spacecraft dodges large constellation

03/09/2019 37612 views 430 likes

Melting satellite part

Melting a satellite, a piece at a time

17/06/2019 9080 views 70 likes

Checking out collision effects between two satellites

Space Debris Training Course 2019 prepares university stude…

28/05/2019 3216 views 21 likes

ESA and the United Nations team up for space debris

24/05/2019 4970 views 6 likes

Earth observation missions

Enabling & Support

Mission control 'saves science'

17/05/2019 5935 views 60 likes

Recognising sustainable behaviour

06/05/2019 12902 views 82 likes

Space Safety

Enabling & Support

Innovative ideas to safeguard Earth

02/05/2019 1592 views 3 likes

Rocket break-up provides rare chance to test debris formati…

12/04/2019 10566 views 100 likes

ESA Columbus module

Hundreds of impacts crater ESA’s Columbus science laboratory

23/01/2019 8260 views 97 likes

Lighting up space debris

Enabling & Support

Art and space debris cross trajectories at Space Waste Lab

02/10/2018 3784 views 29 likes

Reducing debris creation

‘Space debris – a journey to Earth’ nominated for design aw…

12/09/2018 6861 views 33 likes

Space Debris

Latest report on space junk

06/07/2018 16350 views 93 likes

Exploiting Synergies - NEO and Debris Detection Conference

Asteroids and space debris come together for the first time

13/06/2018 4490 views 18 likes

Satellite collisions create debris

Enabling & Support

Space smash: simulating when satellites collide

24/04/2018 15295 views 84 likes

ESA reentry expertise

30/03/2018 27048 views 134 likes

Debris objects in low-Earth orbit (LEO)

Applications now open for the Space Debris Training Course

15/01/2018 17066 views 44 likes

ESOC Main Control Room

ESA joins reentry campaign

06/11/2017 21851 views 54 likes

Satellite break-up

Call for a sustainable future in space

21/04/2017 9743 views 79 likes

Satellite break-up

International consensus on debris threat

21/04/2017 5223 views 10 likes

Space debris effects on the geostationary orbit

European conference on space debris risks and mitigation

04/04/2017 16830 views 37 likes

Artist's view of Swarm

Enabling & Support

Anatomy of a debris incident

01/02/2017 9972 views 55 likes

Sentinel-1A fragment impact in space

Copernicus Sentinel-1A satellite hit by space particle

31/08/2016 57048 views 340 likes

ESOC control room

Enabling & Support

European space operations experts at the Berlin Air and Spa…

31/05/2016 2375 views 12 likes

Returning to Earth

Reentry data will help improve prediction models

23/10/2015 55187 views 115 likes

Solar sail

Scuttling satellites to save space

26/03/2015 9840 views 91 likes

DMSP satellite

ESA experts assess risk from exploded satellite

04/03/2015 13466 views 85 likes

The growing problem of space debris

CleanSat: new satellite technologies for cleaner low orbits

12/01/2015 21129 views 106 likes

ESA control room

Steering ESA satellites clear of space debris

30/10/2014 7766 views 48 likes

Green laser shooting at the Moon

SocialSpace Optics: watching, communicating, connecting

05/09/2014 5739 views 30 likes

Space debris objects in orbit

ESA makes space debris software available online

25/06/2014 25896 views 33 likes

Harpooning in space

Whale of a target: harpooning space debris

24/06/2014 16459 views 78 likes

Gossamer deorbit sail

Sailing satellites into safe retirement

20/12/2013 13835 views 111 likes

Holger Krag

The right response at the right time: Holger Krag interview

21/08/2013 4255 views 21 likes

Concept for future deorbit mission

Global experts agree action needed on space debris

25/04/2013 19253 views 79 likes

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