ESA chief says in talks with SpaceX to join Zero Debris charter
PARIS/WASHINGTON - The European Space Agency is in talks with SpaceX about the possibility of Elon Musk's space venture joining an international charter designed to reduce a growing swarm of debris in space, Director General Josef Aschbacher told Reuters.
Asked whether SpaceX, whose satellites now make up some two thirds of spacecraft active in low Earth orbit, had signed up, Aschbacher said: "Not yet, but we are in discussion with them... This is a charter that keeps evolving and... we will keep raising the topics because they are so fundamental." There are currently 18,897 pieces of trackable space junk in orbit, according to Jonathan McDowell, a Harvard astronomer who tracks such objects.
"We are not a regulatory body; we are a technical space agency," Aschbacher said. "But the fact that we have put the charter around the table, which was elaborated with all the other partners, and that they signed up to it is very encouraging."SpaceX is subject to orbital debris requirements from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. A Starlink satellite is required to deorbit - or burn up in Earth's atmosphere - within five years of the end of its life.
Although commercial constellations dominate the spotlight, much of the growing tide of space junk is seen as driven by collisions or reports of anti-satellite missile tests.
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