Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS, Prof. Dr. Hasret Çomak,Burak Şakir Şeker, Editör, TP LONDON, London, ss.1-19, 2024
While the Russian aggression against Ukraine continues, the Russian military-related satellite launches at the beginning of the February 2024, have escalated space security discussions, and in mid-February, possibility of Russia launch a nuclear ASAT capability caused concerns. After the matter was leaked by House Intelligence Agency, Committee Representative Mike Turner has been unwilling to clearly define whether this new Russian capability is in fact a nuclear weapon in orbit, or possibly a nuclear-powered space-based electronic warfare capability.
The exponential growth of the debris in Earth orbit poses serious threats to satellites and space environment, but also to space missions with humans on board and on Earth. While on the one hand, decades of human activities in space have created an ever-increasing amount of space debris in Earth orbit, destructive ASAT tests generate thousands of debris objects that spread across vast distances on the other.
Destructive ASAT tests generate thousands of debris objects that spread across vast distances. which travels with high speed especially in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), where there are millions of human-made objects gravitating at high speeds, polluting space environment, and increasing the chance of collision with satellites and other spacecrafts, which causes great concern for the security and safety of space missions, also endangers the sustainability of outer space.
This study aims to provide an assessment on (1) whether the concepts and principles of international environmental law can help developing a regulatory framework to address space debris? And secondly, (2) in order to ensure sustainable development and environmental protection in outer space, is it possible to reformulate or interpret existing norms regulating space activities and for the removal of space debris, or (3) is it necessary to formulate new principles for effective implementation and reinforce existing mitigation guidelines to preserve and protect space environment?