Contents

pp vii-viii

List of contributors

pp ix-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

SECTION I - INTRODUCTION

pp 1-2

1 - Introduction

pp 3-4

SECTION II - DEFINING THE PROBLEM

pp 5-6

2 - The Earth Satellite Population: Official Growth and Constituents

pp 7-18

3 - The Current and Future Environment: An Overall Assessment

pp 19-36

4 - The Current and Future Space Debris Environment as Assessed in Europe

pp 37-55

5 - Human Survivability Issues in the Low Earth Orbit Space Debris Environment

pp 56-70

6 - Protecting the Space Environment for Astronomy

pp 71-76

7 - Effects of Space Debris on Commercial Spacecraft – The RADARSAT Example

pp 77-83

8 - Potential Effects of the Space Debris Environment on Military Space Systems

pp 84-94

SECTION III - MITIGATION OF AND ADAPTATION TO THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT: TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICES

pp 95-96

9 - Precluding Post-Launch Fragmentation of Delta Stages

pp 97-102

10 - U.S. International and Interagency Cooperation in Orbital Debris

pp 103-107

11 - ESA Concepts for Space Debris Mitigation and Risk Reduction

pp 108-113

12 - Space Debris: How France Handles Mitigation and Adaptation

pp 114-117

13 - Facing Seriously the Issue of Protection of the Outer Space Environment

pp 118-120

14 - Space Debris – Mitigation and Adaptation

pp 121-124

15 - Near Earth Space Contamination and Counteractions

pp 125-127

16 - The Current and Future Space Debris Environment as Assessed in Japan

pp 128-131

17 - Orbital debris Minimization and Mitigation Techniques

pp 132-144

SECTION IV - ECONOMIC ISSUES

pp 145-146

18 - In Pursuit of a Sustainable Space Environment: Economic Issues in Regulating Space Debris

pp 147-158

19 - The Economics of Space Operations: Insurance Aspects

pp 159-162

SECTION V - LEGAL ISSUES

pp 163-164

20 - Environmental Treatymaking: Lessons Learned for Controlling Pollution of Outer Space

pp 165-179

21 - Regulation of Orbital Debris – Current Status

pp 180-188