The effects of orbital debris on space security and the urgent need for action were a major focus.

Debris will cyclically collide with each other and thus create more remains that effectively form a lethal shell around the earth.

The Subcommittee also noted that Canada had considered the effect of orbital debris in the design of the spacecraft RADARSAT 1 and 2 and that India had designed its launch vehicles with passivation features for the final stages.

The development and dissemination of small size and cheap strike systems, capable of creating small pockets of orbital debris that would deny other parties access to space, if unmonitored, could lead to a new arms race.

Its eccentricity also varies on different timescales between 0.0011 and 0.0037, and its inclination between about 0.003 and 0.020 .

(iii) Any change of orbital position

She welcomed the progress made at the most recent session of COPUOS, in particular the consensus reached by the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee on the adoption of guidelines for the mitigation of orbital debris, in the context of a multi year workplan.

Discussion Panel B Marine debris

Second plenary session

Marine debris

(iv) Space debris

(v) Space debris

(i) Space debris

(b) Marine debris

(i) Space debris

Marine debris

It will purge the rottenness out of the system...People will...live a more moral life...and enterprising people will pick up the wrecks from less competent people.

Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission, La Jolla, California, United States

(a) Determine the orbital deflection of the asteroid as a result of the impact, to an accuracy of approximately 10 per cent

It has arrived. . . . It will shoot. . . .

Back in 2005, early observations suggested that Bestla had a very high eccentricity of 0.77.

On 9 March 2009, the recovery of the wreckage started.

The presence of Neptune has a profound effect on the Kuiper belt's structure due to orbital resonances.

They therefore have approximately the same orbital period as Neptune and follow roughly the same orbital path.

Marine debris comes from both land and ship based sources.

The Subcommittee noted that the United States had endorsed the IADC space debris mitigation guidelines and that its domestic agencies were implementing debris mitigation practices consistent with the IADC guidelines.

Space stations typically require a regular altitude boost to counteract orbital decay (see also orbital station keeping).

Considering that space debris is an issue of concern to all nations,

Considering that space debris is an issue of concern to all nations,

(a) The prevention and reduction of space debris resulting from the launch of carrier rockets

The problem of space debris brought about varying reactions from the participants.

(e) The development and implementation of technical standards to define general requirements for mitigating orbital pollution caused by the exploitation of space technology.

(a) To promote and coordinate activities for the discovery, pursuit (follow up) and orbital calculation of NEOs at the international level

The Committee noted that the United States had endorsed the IADC space debris mitigation guidelines and that its domestic agencies were implementing debris mitigation practices consistent with them.

They removed about 3.6 million pounds (1,600 tonnes) of debris from more than 7,700 miles (12,320 km) of coasts, shorelines and underwater sites (c) the National Marine Debris Monitoring Program is designed to gather scientifically valid marine debris data following a rigorous statistical protocol.

(d) Measures to deal with existing marine debris (A 60 63, para.

Such debris was a hazard to both vehicles and persons in space.

The fishing industry is a major contributor to marine debris.

Considering that space debris is an issue of concern to all nations,

Recognizing that marine debris is a global transboundary pollution problem and that, due to the many different types and sources of marine debris, different approaches to its prevention and removal are necessary,

Recognizing that marine debris is a global transboundary pollution problem and that, due to the many different types and sources of marine debris, different approaches to their prevention and removal are necessary,

Recognizing that marine debris is a global transboundary pollution problem and that due to the many different types and sources of marine debris different approaches to their prevention and removal are necessary,

(b) Effects of marine debris (the effects of marine debris on human health, safety, tourism and other economic activities, navigation, marine species, the marine environment and fisheries) (see A 60 63, paras. 241 247)

Scientific exchange between Harvard University and the Cuban Pedro Kourí Institute of Tropical Medicine, Boston, 1 to 10 September 2004

(b) Space debris related activities in Japan , by the representative of Japan