Normative and legal implications of passive de-orbiting strategies
| Autor: | R. Popova (1), Y. Kim (1), A. Rossi (2), C. Colombo (3), V. Schauss (4), E.M. Alessi (2), G. Schettino (2), K. Tsiganis (5), I. Gkolias (3), D.K. Skoulidou (5) |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | 5th European Workshop on Space Debris Modelling and Remediation, Parigi, Francia, 25/06/2018-27/06/2018 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:R. Popova (1), Y. Kim (1), A. Rossi (2), C. Colombo (3), V. Schauss (4), E.M. Alessi (2), G. Schettino (2), K. Tsiganis (5), I. Gkolias (3), D.K. Skoulidou (5)/congresso_nome:5th European Workshop on Space Debris Modelling and Remediation/congresso_luogo:Parigi, Francia/congresso_data:25%2F06%2F2018-27%2F06%2F2018/anno:2018/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine |
| Popis: | One of the problems in setting up a normative scheme for space activities in general (and space debris as an outcome of space activities in particular) is the different pace of the advancement of the technology with respect to the law. i.e., the development of new technological solutions is running much faster than the law does, while legislative regulations are struggling to adapt to technological challenges. A striking example is the planning and development of the new mega-constellations of low Earth orbit satellites, which are going to stress the existing guidelines to their extreme limits and might require their reformulation or even new ones. In the framework of the H2020 ReDSHIFT project, a special effort was devoted to the study of the current international legal framework related to space debris in order to identify its deficiencies and propose possible advancements. For the existing guidelines, the possibility for their present non-binding character and dependence of their effectiveness on voluntary adherence to evolve to more specific national and international legislation is explored. Next to legal mechanisms, also economic incentives could contribute to the 'attractiveness' of the adherence to mitigation standards if properly coupled with viable novel technical solutions. Therefore, in a strict collaboration between the technical and the law experts, all the project findings were analysed to identify the main results that could be translated in updated and even re-formulated mitigation practices and guidelines. Following the extensive cartography of the circumterrestrial phase space the possibility to exploit the newly identify re-entry "corridors" steering the space traffic towards these preferential routes for disposal is one example of this long term strategy. In this respect, the re-definition of the concept of residual lifetime implicit in the 25-year rule, towards a concept considering the actual interaction of a spacecraft with a given protected zone is explored too. From a technical point of view, the possibility to apply economic incentives to such promotion of de-orbiting devices (similarly to what is seen on Earth sometimes in eco-friendly devices and transport means) is another proposed option. The research leading to these results has received funding from the Horizon 2020 Program of the European Union's Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (H2020-PROTEC-2015) under REA grant agreement n. [687500]- ReDSHIFT. |
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