Space Sustainability And The Growing Threat Of Orbital Debris: Towards Stronger Global Governance
IJLLR Journal
Vani Chaudhary, Christ (Deemed To Be University), Delhi NCR ABSTRACT The growing expansion of human activity in space has led to a dramatic increase in orbital debris. This debris is a grave threat to operational spacecraft, human spaceflight and the long term sustainability of the orbital environment. If left unmitigated, orbital debris could lead to the Kessler Syndrome events in which a cascading set of collisions renders critical orbits unusable for decades. The research highlights the...