again, all the goals, ah, the point is legal highlights to 60 minutes on d w. so you wouldn't know what makes with love and batting thing with stuff away from that. but i'm not even know how to work my own car and everyone with later holes and everything today. just getting, are you ready to meet the german and join me? rachel stuart on d. w. the sky's over portland, oregon in march 2021. what does? hey law hag! debris from a rocket crashing down to earth. most of it burned up in its descent,

but not all of it. ha! a fuel tank! plunged onto a farm. the people up here and orbit faced the danger of space debris every single day. grandma and i looked receive all the doors to the space station. then we cross our fingers and hope for the best with. if space is cluttered up with junk, it could destroy the satellites. we rely on every day because the suddenly space will be out of balance. that's back not fiction. and if that happens, like there won't be much left of our business model or our company, my next meeting is satellite trash. something we should all be worried about because with aerospace students at the technical university of dumpster and the need to wait patiently, but soon they get a glimpse with i guess something. this is to look everywhere. although the shortly

after sunset is the best time to see satellites, they are still lit up by the sun while it's already dark down on earth. oh, yeah, yeah. government, i need to keep her eyes peeled in. somebody pronounced the 1st time. it's moving north. that's it. on amazon, well, no doubt in the long run, there's another long run to the other than women. many satellites are visible to day when i'm not going to move the band hall guard car from the european space agency or isa can even identify which one is which document or does could to that could have been the starling satellite. 2 reasons, one, star link promise is to provide high speed internet from space. the satellites along tightly line masks, aerospace empire. soon after launching their bunch close together, then isa gets a lot of calls from us. if you don't know what it is, you really do wonder,

i get that the image is recorded by astronomers are also increasingly criss crossed by satellites. starling alone plans to launch 30000 satellites. other companies are also planning similar mega constellations, recruitment. you can see 6000 stars with the naked eye. what if could have been done one day, we can see more moving satellites than stars in our skies will be full of motion rather than stillness. him as a radical change of the throne grew on a new era, has begun the industrialization of space, and that generates all kinds of waste. but at the isa satellite control center hunger car can monitor what will crash down to earth in the coming weeks, like rocket boosters or the debris from satellites, some of which have been an orbit for decades. but not everything burns up when it re enters the earth's atmosphere. therefore, bowen, we turned on those titania stainless steel. it is style and fuel tanks,

especially because they need to a sternness, immense pressure or an engine nozzles which must withstand heated osgood because these materials are very heat resistance. it's a problem on re entry. good. where did some bully him? some 30000 tons of space debris have re entered the earth's atmosphere in the last 60 years. no one has ever been struck and died. a lot ends up falling into the ocean deal, but i must go to the probability that you are. i will be here by one of these objects during our lifetime is smaller than the odds of been struck by lightning twice, often than yet you just can't dismiss it to one of the it was i to see there are such people as good lord, i've heard of a person who's been struck by lightning 6 times see him over so you can look at probabilities either way. however, it's clear that debris poses the biggest danger in space, and that danger grows with every additional satellite. the busier it gets in space,

the more likely accidents are to happen. debris from satellites result in new positions sparking a chain reaction with consequences for us back on earth. take, for example, the european navigation system. galileo, it uses 24 satellites to be able to pinpoint your location as sat nav needs to have contact with several of them. if one satellite fails, others take over, but it's several are knocked out. things get less precise. as space fills up with the debris. we're at risk of losing the tech. we now rely on resilient. if you look at your smartphone, 40 percent of the apps on or to go have something to do with services provided from space. huffman dinner, including navigation systems, weather forecasts that phone calls, the advisor would have it up under our end with perhaps even have internet from space. and i'm in a very flexible as internet zuba, austin, all of that is at risk. if we do not sufficiently protector, infrastructure in space, necessities traditionally sits ah,

about 2 thirds of space. debris circles around the earth in the orbit, including tens of thousands of big objects and millions of smaller pieces. and it's at this same altitude that's easier and cheaper for companies to reach organ surely good. hello. it's well align all as good as the variable hymer. and his colleague michelle toys, toys are about to send a new satellite into orbit in the incoming. they belong to the 1st generation of space entrepreneurs. the sector calls itself new space. the satellites by the hammer, manufacturers at german orbital systems are called cube sats because of their shape . they're small and inexpensive to produce. they use the same microchips and aerials as automakers. these days, even a medium size business can afford to have its own nano satellites in order to,

to test technology or to transfer data. unless one's on the space is a bit like the wild west, and the way it's being handled from like, there are no laws as well. now, whoever comes 1st stakes a clamp, the clamps, a flag in that headline spot holds as i'm of course, it can't carry on like that. this comes with the listeners why they can. the cheapest way of launching a satellite is in what is called a satellite separation system. like the one being developed by michelle toys, toys. the cube sats can be stacked up like tiny frayed containers. all they need now is a lift, given that the cost of a rocket can quickly saw to 60000000 euros. this become indeed another love horse. you can't afford that if you've only just scraped together the funds for a small satellite like this. dia, that's why it's good that the main satellite on here that can be a telecommunication satellite or something big like earth observations, has in effect, already paid for the talk at the i give anguish on the tie up. the nano satellites,

essentially hitch a ride into space a few months later of isabella. hi, emma is on his way to the united states. he is going to deliver a number of small satellites for launch into space. he had his colleague stoned themselves by the high ma, has followed in the footsteps of his father, who helped build a saw you spacecraft, and russia back then space agencies dominated the seed nowadays. one company in particular is setting the pace space ex hotel crenshaw boulevard. i can turn right onto rocket road with space x. multi billionaire ilan mosque has built a business out of space missions among his customers are nasa and isa space x even takes their astronauts into space these days. like the missed i couldn't film

inside the building sizes. of course, everything is top secret and off limits in a building, and i think that the americans might be less amused, or at least as equally on amused, as the russians boss. if you don't stick to the rules and hope space sex is trying to make space travel more affordable and cutting down on waste. as part of that by the hi, my and his colleagues, i stopped by cape canaveral to check out a technological innovation from space x. the booster takes the rocket on the 1st 100 kilometers of its journey. in the past, it would have been consigned to the trash heap after. but now after about 8 minutes early i. oh yeah. yeah. oh, the booster lands back on earth. page one, 0 space x had to invest a lot of money to achieve that and some established aerospace company doubt whether

that investment will ever really pay off. let it believe in re usability recovery of boosters but can see it when it hurts. and the russians also said that when it's basic said we will recover through sla, we've just, we will build cheaper or kids. but as space slowly fills up with debris, every one will be affected. back in berlin, there is no international law for disposing of satellites. just an agreement that they will be brought back down to earth no more than 25 years after ceasing operation. but fewer than half actually return using their remaining fuel. like this, this afforded to incorporate a tool that requires a co operative satellite of mine, a satellite that still responds to my commands that still works, feeling good. that makes it difficult for companies. little the operators to say

the good for okay. even though it still functions logged in, i'm going to get rid of it now in my son, in most cases, if mac, the satellite is no longer responding with it, it isn't possible to communicate with home or it's just humbling around somewhere out of control gettng that then the only way to get rid of it is to wait until it burns up in the atmosphere. this a certain atmosphere for glued. and that takes time, which is why here on the coast of the netherlands, scientists are studying how to de or a bed out of service satellites faster. this is where he says technology center is located here at researchers simulate space on earth. they replicate the conditions in orbit extreme radiation and wildly fluctuating temperatures. engineer danielle stetson works at h p. s. the munich based company. he's here to make the most of it. he says testing facilities. he and his colleagues have travel to the

netherlands to try out a new technology intended to help tidy up space. he says tit's yanna cardona co designed the device. it's purpose is to ensure satellites do not spent decades floating around as debris. after spending just a few years and service, the small box contains technology that could bring decommissioned satellites back to earth more quickly. move a good one candy until they come to elementary. we need to speed that up when we're launching more and more and bringing down to few. it's getting ever more crowded or follow at some point it will be in to congested and dangerously so we need to act. now, thing was meant again was to the small boxes fitted to a satellite before its launch. once the satellite is ready for retirement, a small seal is unfurled from the box that increases its atmospheric drag,

slowing it down, and pushing it out of orbit. as it re enters the earth's atmosphere, it burns up. it's an effective way of getting rid of satellites and low orbit, where there are atmospheric remnants. it takes a maximum of 2 years for the satellite with a sale to fall down whether the sale unfurls at the right time hinges, unless not huffmans paulding tech deserts us orders at the 1st project i've been fully involved in the european and many of my ideas have been incorporated by it, so it's really something special in this development began at isa. and in here to itsyana cardona invested a lot of work and passion into the project over the last few years along with a company h p. s 0. now it's ready. ah, the sale can rest on board the satellite for years and space, and then unfurl on. command is a system. so this just them seems to work very well, have been a year,

does then con, but it would of course, be a dream come true for me. if everyone could see that home for me and for everyone to see it, it must be launched into space. today's the big day in h. b. s. in munich. everyone has gathered in the companies production hall. sometimes staff get together here to watch soccer. to day they hope to see a successful launch. daniel stared, so sale is inside. now, in the top section of this space, sex rocket attached to one of the 88 nano satellites. folio not huffman, this is the 1st chance he'll watch. one of his developments being sent into orbit 11 minutes to count down their aden. about from we're talking about more than 50000 satellites from the u. s. ammonia, india. and if we see the danger of the satellites colliding up there,

and we can help bring them down earlier. and just to be that i wouldn't want someone else to get this business uses business him and others mot and there's no popcorn one or the final preparations are underway in cape canaveral. 5 minutes, 5 minutes. but then suddenly the space ex transmission freezes. oh, what gonna get up with me again working 30 seconds to go for just about 20 seconds we have left off our goal. ah no. and we did hear the call to hold the um, it's a, they stopped to live in seconds from lift off. and now we have to wait 15 minutes. i mean i had a bubble and then suddenly the

live transmission. and then just say that's going to do it for us. they canceled it today. yeah, no, really? yeah. it's a good is gone us just a few seconds before launch an aircraft straight into the safety zone around the rock launch pad. leo nod hoffman won't see his work debut in space to day. those who take the 1st leap in the new space industry can get rich late comers lose out. but a new launch attempt is planned to mm hm. what does it mean for the future of the aerospace sector? if we can't get a handle on the problem of space debris? german astronaut mateus mower has experienced the very real danger of space junk since november 2021 on board. the international space station the i assess the risk

to human life is greater than anywhere else. next step is european space agency astronaut mathias m hour. just 2 days after mo has arrival to the i assess emergency strikes, 15 minutes, the next debris field path mccloud, has all the have a got a daughter, i going to route about more actually we do have and do you feel like yes, the space debris hurdling towards the i assess, was created by the russian military after a destroyed one of its own satellites and attest. we spoke exclusively with matea smaller about how the astronauts respond in such cases. given minor, grew them in my go into the capsule with my crew and in the my so all the doors in the space station and then we cross our fingers and hope for the backward. i would

still high end if a piece of debris were to have a space station, then we would still be able to fly away safely and land on earth and lampton can of the egg. in this instance, the astronauts were able to leave the capsule after a while, but the trash remained to a compact cloud of junk turned into a ring of debris. oh, because the gravitational pull is still strong so close to the earth. the trash will probably gradually burn up and the atmosphere over the next 2 years. but between now and then it could cross the space stations path several times. even tiny fragments of debris are very dangerous in space because they collide at 40000 kilometers per hour. the i assess is protected with multi layer shields. a high speed camera shows what happens when it takes a hit. the object is 1st broken up into smaller pieces by the external shield. then

the internal shield catches what's left. a robotic arm found evidence of thousands of such collisions on the outer hull of the i assess the proliferation of space junk makes living and working on the outposts of humanity. more and more dangerous system is this knowledge one is on guns. what's this short term thinking really makes me a bit sad inside them via in may, we all know, since we keep on finding trash on the world's oceans in our food chain fin that we should protect and preserve our resources on a larger scale winslow, this wilson fruits and space is a resource, some is dinosaurs, others wealthy space agencies have set ambitious goals over the next few years. another mission to the moon and then on to mars. but if something doesn't change

soon, our space ambitions might soon be crushed. mm . we could be dropped on earth by the junk above us. stretcher laws are not likely any time soon. so it's down to the space industry to act responsibly at the space tech expo in blame and germany. vita by hi, mom wants to find buyers for his satellites. and he set up a new company kind of one of the no one's surprised if you're on to something new or working somewhere else on that one day, the company existence, then it's gone. that's normal. get some work together with his new partners. he submitted a bid for an you contract. the aim is to build up a satellite network to guarantee high speed internet in europe was good other. this is about many hundreds of satellites fall. what star link is for the u. s, but better and innovative investor with data production and everything that's so

important in your audience. it's about implementing that in your home to that bounce fighter from h p. s. as also here. he's a spokesman for a working group for small to medium sized aerospace enterprises in germany. every once curious about bol hi must plan with the other for the full in one. your constellation. yeah, yes, planning one. i know it the list him on your make one, his you're leading the way of us, blah. but what plans do you have to make a constellation disappear again? because when i leave out that we did, sure, it'd be the orbit at 2 years after its operating life at the latest where it talks about that it doesn't. i'm good please. yeah, on my yeah, that's why i'm yes, 2 years is definitely possible was sales. we'd have to adapt the sale size to your satellite something. how much do they weigh roughly 225308 sale area, 5 to 7 square meters on steve about rob maple. the race is on to secure the best places in space. starling is the furthest along with its mega constellation.

several 1000 up, the $30000.00 plan satellites are already in operation. amazon is working on the keeper constellation. one web has also started to launch satellites, as has the chinese government and a whole host of private companies. the more constellations in orbit, the more crucial that is that everyone's cleaning up after themselves. this movement that help you have to imagine bus basil. what happened is when something like that goes bust after launching $600.00 satellites into space. yeah. the who's responsible for di orbiting your btn, who pays the personnel to issue the command. if it stops working, who intervenes? i. stakeholders agree that europe needs its own constellation delivering high speed internet and data. when we got high knob than if we don't have one m, then we have a strong us base sector on the one hand on thought, segment and, and a strong asian space actor on the other hand. sigmund, what should we count on?

always getting our data from these places from these and lend on in class evil for europe not to have one was how much of your constellation do you estimate will be source from germany, 50 percent of the infinity or more. you can find everything in germany. it's done with the german era space industry is growing. some of the small startups from 5 years ago are now big players. does this close to charlotte? it's suddenly all within reach the you don't need multi billionaire holdings behind you to build things that fly into space in vocal. you can actually build a pretty gigantic thing with relatively modest means and talent and passion. lieber high tech pick one topic that it's fantastic. the fucking kabbalah hawkish that will be the center guy live in the germans space sector. many are hoping that the you will give financial backing to sustainable solutions at h p. s. and jenny are daniel dazzle, and the rest of the company dream of rolling out production of their satellite

track sales. but 1st, they need to send one to space on the shock there, the where the looks of mach really good before we like here, perhaps this time leo, not huffman. we'll get to see the lift offering of his 1st major project. and this is the 2nd attempt to launch the rocket. there will be in the production hall. there are live pictures again from cape canaveral. oh, he been 6 via the dye fly. by there you go down around with it takes about an hour before the rocket reaches its intended orbit, the m back engine,

or the 2nd stage. well formed 2nd engine, start one and ignite that and back engine through the lie feed. every one can closely follow how the 88 satellites are released. one after the other class i satellite version are much fun and it's exciting. unbelievable. lone fasfa. ah, that's awesome. about alright. i on satellite carrier separation confirmed i don't 3 that was up there with the price on the, on your part of this i back to 11. in one year's time, the drag sale should start pulling the satellite out of its orbit

with one last look as their product heads off into space. if all goes to plan the people here hope it will result in major investment in their drag sales. in berlin, vita by the hi, emma is also marking a special occasion. the e. u has awarded the contract to him and his partners as part of a study. they're now developing an independent european satellite network, initially as a computer simulation, but by lima is convinced that he will be sending the 1st satellites into space and 2023. european industry is also calling for its own constellation to guarantee internet on earth for self driving vehicles. for example, you automobile house to automakers are one of the biggest employers in the u, not just in germany, but in france and other countries. hon concussion, it's hard to imagine that without satellite connectivity,

they'd be able to compete with tesla, which will obviously be connected to starling, from this list, and starling for once i'm done. after all, both companies are part of elan basks empire by lima and his team. not they want to get into orbit as quickly as possible. they want to dispose of space clutter fast. otherwise, there will be no future for new space. these industry ya, this industry? yes, it's new. it's very promising. and which of it could be a driver of economic growth all going on. it could also generate wealth in germany to more foreign and we're still up at the forefront builds that. but if we clutter up space, nobody will benefit extra from isa satellite control center in downstate, germany, hundreds of collision warning the day are now the norm for hunger cock and his team . they know it can't go on like this. those is the sentinel toys with this coming

close as well to when is it also on the 3 door to the earth observation satellite center. no one could collide with a rocket booster if it remains on its current path and to breathe from a chinese satellite threatens to wipe out sentinel 3. if things go on like this, the team will end up doing nothing but planning avoidance maneuvers. i time for something to be done. so to melinda, gave him the, the will always be nations that won't participating them up, but if the most important explanations which generate the most profit come together here. that's half the battle duncan, and how may i from the i'm in the end. the same principle applies to space as to protecting the climate. if individual nations don't play their part, every one will face the consequences. ah

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