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Below, you will find videos, NASA recommendations, and pdf documents describing the space debris problem, including:

  1. Briefing materials sent to members of Congress
  2. Papers written by us (OG) and by industry experts.

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Visual Scope of Problem

Video #1 - This short video depicts the space debris population of various sizes.  Keep in mind, that a 1 cm debris object, traveling at 7.5 km/sec, packs enough energy equal to a hand grenade.  Image that going off inside your refrigerator.

Anomaly Case Study

Video #2 - Details a real world case study for an unlucky large satellite operator:

  • A publicly traded satellite communications operator tragically suffered what experts call a debris collision
  • The uninsured satellite sprung a propellant leak, which shortened its life by 15 years
  • As a result, investor revenue went down $678M across 2Q19 & 3Q19, cost $382M to replace satellite, and caused a $200M sales backlog reduction.  Total service restoration cost =  $1.06 billion.  Ouch!  Take a look below.

Debris Problem

Video #3 - Broadly describes the space debris problem.

NASA Recommendation

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The NASA Orbital Debris Program Office further states the danger of small space debris:  

  • "Remediation techniques need to focus on removal of small sized (but still damaging) debris"
  • "Current conjunction assessments and collision avoidance maneuvers against the tracked objects (which are typically 10 cm and larger) only address a small fraction (<1%) of the mission-ending risk from orbital debris"

Congressional Brief

These files were provided to various members of the U.S. House of Representatives in order to push the Bill "Space Debris Act of 2021" toward the U.S. Senate and ultimately across POTUS's desk for signature to enact a tax credit for financial contributors within the Space Traffic Management umbrella of services.

00 Introduction (pdf)Download
01 Space Debris Act of 2021 (pdf)Download
02 SPD-3 STM Policy (pdf)Download
03 U.S. Space Policy (pdf)Download
04 U.S. Orbital Debris R&D Plan (pdf)Download
05 NASA OIG Orbital Debris Audit (pdf)Download

OG Papers

ADR funding: The elephant in the room (pdf)Download
Satellite Population Growth & Kessler Syndrome (pdf)Download
Wakeup Call for Active Debris Removal (pdf)Download

Industry Papers

NASA Radar Measurements of Orbital Debris Env (pdf)Download
NASA Orbital Debris Program Office Updates (pdf)Download
NASA History of Orbital Fragmentations (pdf)Download
ESA Contribution of NaK Droplets to Debris Environment (pdf)Download

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