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Addressing the Inevitable: Legal and Policy Issues Related to Space Debris Mitigation and Remediation
Published in M. Madi, O. Sokolova, Space Debris Peril: Pathways to Opportunities, 2020
Lucy Stewardson, Steven Freeland
Remediation operations such as active debris removal and on-orbit satellite servicing imply closely approaching and coming in physical contact with space objects. This requires detailed technical knowledge about the target object, which could be confidential or patented [29, 37].39 Moreover, once the entity conducting a remediation operation has taken control of the space object, it may potentially access highly sensitive information such as advanced technology or strategic military data. The exchange and treatment of information in the context of remediation is thus a question that needs to be addressed, for instance through the signing of licensing and nondisclosure agreements.
Recent research and development activities on space robotics and AI
Published in Advanced Robotics, 2021
Richard Doyle, Takashi Kubota, Martin Picard, Bernd Sommer, Hiroshi Ueno, Gianfranco Visentin, Richard Volpe
The demonstrators are requested to advance the concepts of modular space-crafts as assumed in the H2020 OG5 (SIROM project), OG8 (PULSAR project) and OG9 (MOSAR project) and also promoted initially by the DLR project ‘intelligent Building Blocks for On-Orbit Satellite Servicing and Assembly iBOSS’. Outside Europe, there has been a surge of activities in satellite servicing, which also have an influence on European actors. The most notable one is Northrop Grumman’s MEV-1 satellite servicer, launched in 2019. Northrop Grumman has been contracted by Intelsat for a second satellite servicing mission (MEV-2) to extend the life of the Intelsat-1002 satellite. It should be noted that the MEV spacecraft use critical European technology (StarTracker, RVD Cameras and LIDAR all from Jena Optronik).