Space Traffic Becoming Space Trash

SOURCE: Araz Feyzi, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Kayhan Space at SmallSat Europe

We all know orbital space is becoming crowded, but is that something we need to be worried about? Kayhan Space's Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer Araz Feyzi thinks so. In his words: "the launch curve is going vertical."

While Kayhan Space is known for its work helping to deconflict the thousands of satellites - and, to be honest, debris - in Earth orbit, a greater concern, expressed at SmallSat Europe this week, is the reality that what goes up, must come down. When launches were less frequent and satellites were larger and soaring far above the planet in primarily geo-stationery orbits, this was less of a concern.

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