Abstract

In face of the growing exploration of space by humanity, at first this work aims to synthesize a little information from Space Law based on legislations and discussions on the subject. Going further, the main focus of the project are the space debris and its mitigation guidelines of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. The possible consequences of non-compliance with these standards for orbits around the Earth have been investigated and the scenario at the date of approval of the document implementing the guidelines at the UN has been compared with the current scenario in order to verify the impact of the measures summarized therein on the missions launched since then.

Details

Title
The impact of Space Law and space debris mitigation measures on the debris scenario around the Earth
Author
Matheus Boccaletti de Paula 1 ; Celestino, Cláudia C 1 

 Centro de Engenharia, Modelagem e Cîencias Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Av. dos Estados, 5001, 09210-588, Santo André, SP, Brasil 
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Oct 2019
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2568459337
Copyright
© 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.