Tag: space debris

A new framework called CORTEX enables autonomous spacecraft to perform close-range rendezvous for servicing non-functioning satellites in low Earth orbit.

A simulation study proposes an Earth-rotation-aware burn longitude guidance model for targeting the atmospheric re-entry of CubeSats with a single ...

A simulation study finds that Hall-thruster burns of roughly 10 to 100 m/s, applied at precise locations, can push retired ...

A new end-to-end neural network called SPDNet combines infrared and visible-light imagery to detect small space debris under challenging illumination, ...

Astronomers argue that the 1967 Outer Space Treaty lacks the enforcement power to address modern militarization, privatization, and environmental threats ...

A new study shows that vaporized satellite debris, or anthropogenic smoke particles, can aggregate with mesospheric ice much like natural ...

Researchers at Dalian University of Technology have shown that arrays of water-filled aluminum eggshells sandwiched between plates can cut projectile ...

A new Nature Communications study shows that escrow-based performance bonds of around $200,000 per satellite could cut derelict satellite mass ...

Researchers at KAIST and KASI have developed a reproducible 3D-cell framework that maps low Earth orbit's growing debris population into ...

A hybrid Monte Carlo and ensemble machine learning framework achieves an F2 score of 0.808 and AUC-ROC of 0.981 on ...