Investigation of the space debris environment for a sustainable evolution of the space around the earth

Investigation of the space debris environment for a sustainable evolution of the space around the earth

Andrea Muciaccia, Mirko Trisolini, Lorenzo Giudici, Camilla Colombo

Abstract. The sustainability of the space environment around the Earth is becoming an increasingly important issue in the space sector. Indeed, the space population is evolving over time. Therefore, careful mission design together with mitigation guidelines and policies are essential to regulate its evolution and to avoid the proliferation of derelict objects around the Earth. The main objective of this research is to connect different models that share the same goal: the sustainable evolution of the space environment around the Earth. In this view, the research focuses on the definition of metrics to assess the influence of missions (already occurred or planned) on the space environment and of a carrying capacity that the space can support, and on the characterization of in-orbit breakup events.

Keywords
Space Debris, Space Sustainability, Space Traffic Management, Space Surveillance and Tracking

Published online 9/1/2023, 7 pages
Copyright © 2023 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: Andrea Muciaccia, Mirko Trisolini, Lorenzo Giudici, Camilla Colombo, Investigation of the space debris environment for a sustainable evolution of the space around the earth, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 33, pp 61-67, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644902677-10

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