{"id":297129,"date":"2024-05-28T17:10:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T11:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=297129"},"modified":"2024-05-28T17:10:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T11:40:30","slug":"zero-debris-charter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zero-debris-charter\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero Debris Charter\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source-This post on <strong>Zero Debris Charter<\/strong> has been created based on the article<a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-05-twelve-countries-debris-charter.html#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b> &#8220;Twelve countries sign the Zero Debris Charter&#8221; <\/b><\/a>published in\u00a0<strong>\u201cPhysorg\u201d<\/strong> on 28 May 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in News?<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, twelve countries signed the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Zero Debris Charter at the ESA\/EU Space Council<\/span>. This charter formalizes their commitment to the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">long-term sustainability of human activities<\/span> in Earth&#8217;s orbit.<\/p>\n<h2>About Zero Debris Charter<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2024\/twelve-countries-sign.jpg?resize=412%2C273&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" Zero Debris Charter\" width=\"412\" height=\"273\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: European Space Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15.6969%;\"><strong>Launch<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 84.3031%;\">The Zero Debris Charter is an initiative launched by the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">European Space Agency (ESA)<\/span> during the<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> ESA Space Summit in Seville in November 2023.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15.6969%;\"><strong>Aim and Binding Status<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 84.3031%;\">It <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">aims<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">to create a community of space actors committed<\/span> to achieving specific debris mitigation and remediation targets by 2030. It is <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">non-legally binding<\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15.6969%;\"><strong>Goals and Objectives<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 84.3031%;\">a) The Charter aims <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">to eliminate the creation of new space debris by 2030.<br \/>\n<\/span>b) The charter stipulates that the probability of a mission generating space debris should be <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">less than 1 in 1,000 for each object involved<\/span>.<br \/>\nc) The charter also sets a target of<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> 99% success rate for post-mission disposal strategies<\/span>, including the use of external means if necessary.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15.6969%;\"><strong>Implementation Strategies<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 84.3031%;\">a) To achieve these goals, ESA will develop innovative technologies for satellite end-of-life disposal, in-orbit servicing, and active debris removal.<br \/>\nb) The agency will also collaborate closely with regulatory bodies to ensure the effective implementation of these strategies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Science and technology<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source-This post on Zero Debris Charter has been created based on the article &#8220;Twelve countries sign the Zero Debris Charter&#8221; published in\u00a0\u201cPhysorg\u201d on 28 May 2024. Why in News? Recently, twelve countries signed the Zero Debris Charter at the ESA\/EU Space Council. This charter formalizes their commitment to the long-term sustainability of human activities in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/zero-debris-charter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Zero Debris Charter\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872,11842],"class_list":["post-297129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-phys","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}