Space Safety – The Zero Debris Charter and Sustainability webinar

Why is the Zero Debris Charter needed?

Quentin Verspieren on Monday 20 January shared his valuable insights, leading the Zero Debris Charter for the European Space Agency.

Satellites in orbit underpin our modern lives. They are used for space science, Earth observation, meteorology, climate research, telecommunication, navigation and much more. But swirling fragments of past space endeavours are trapped in orbit around Earth, threatening our future in space. Over time, the number and mass of these debris objects grow steadily, boosting the risk to active satellites. More satellites were launched in the last few years than the entire six decades of space exploration. 130 million pieces of space debris larger than a millimetre orbit Earth, threatening satellites now and in the future. Each week, a satellite or rocket body re-enters uncontrolled through our atmosphere. Behaviours in space have to change.

The Zero Debris Charter is written by and for the global space community with the aim of shaping the global consensus on space sustainability, and gathering a wide and varied array of space entities to define ambitious and measurable space debris mitigation and remediation targets for 2030.

Webinar resources

Quentin has very kindly allowed his presented material to be made available for viewing.
The slides on Slideshare and the webinar recording on YouTube will shortly be available in our APM resources area and also embedded below for reference.

This webinar content is suitable professionals with any level of experience.

Presenter

Quentin Verspieren, Space Safety Programme and Protect Accelerator Coordinator,
Directorate of Operations-European Space Agency

In this role, he leads the development of ambitious European initiatives on debris mitigation and remediation, and on space weather services.

Previous presentations and webinars can be viewed on the APM Slideshare and YouTube channels.