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The countdown to clean orbits has begun with ESA’s Zero Debris Charter

Written by  Richard Jacklin and James Snape Friday, 16 January 2026 13:00
An illustration showing GEO being crowded, as Earth is blanketed by an orbit of satellites and debris.

Space is rapidly becoming the world’s most congested frontier. What was once a domain of scientific exploration is now a crowded commercial arena, a global infrastructure layer critical to communications, navigation, climate monitoring and defense. Yet this dependence is threatened by a growing, largely invisible hazard: orbital debris. The European Space Agency’s Zero Debris Technical […]

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