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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 move them is satellite trash. something we should all be worried about being aerospace student at the technical university of damage that need to wait patiently . but soon they get a glimpse of it. but i, i guess something they look everywhere, although 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. but yeah, yeah, problems. i need to keep her eyes feel. if somebody pronounced the best time it's moving north that seat on the lawn. well, no doubt, in the long run, there's another love to be older than the women. many satellites are visible to

day when i'm not in the band hall got card from the european space agency or isa can even identify which one is which document or does quote that could have been the starling subtle actually reasons on star link promises to provide high speed internet from space. the satellites long term human 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 images recorded by astronomers are also increasingly crisscrossed by satellites. starling alone plans to launch 30000 satellites. other companies are also planning similar mega constellations. the commitment to can see 6000 stars with the naked eye or it could be done one day. we can see more moving satellites than stars in our skies will be full of motion rather than stillness. and that's a radical change still does this one good to on the new era has begun the

industrialization of space, and that generates all kinds of waste. but at the isa satellite control center, holger clark, and 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. at not everything burns up when it re enters the earth's atmosphere. therefore, bowen, we turned on those titanium stainless steel, heedless dive and fuel time was especially because they need to was burnett, immense pressure, or an engine nozzles, which most would start teaching oscars 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. dude, vagina, skype,

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. so them, and yet you just can't dismiss it to one of them 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 as a 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 resulting new collisions 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. a sat nav needs to have contact with several of them. if one satellite fails, others take over,

but it's several or knocked out. things get less precise. as space fills up with debris, we're at risk of losing the tech. we now rely on this young. if you look at your smartphone, 40 percent of the apps on it have something to do with services provided from spain . fatima dinner, including navigation systems and weather forecasts that phone calls, the advisor would be better for under our end with perhaps even have internet from space. and i'm in a venue flights without us internet zuba, austin, all of that is at risk. if we do not sufficiently protector, infrastructure and space is restrict, initially switching about 2 thirds of space. debris circles around the earth in long 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 valuable hi, mom and his colleague michelle toys. toys are about to send

a new satellite into orbit and they belong to the 1st generation of space entrepreneurs. the sector calls itself new space. the satellites by the high manufacturers at german orbital systems are called cube sats because of their shape . they're small and inexpensive to produce. they use the same micro chips and aerials as automakers. these days, even a medium size business can afford to have its own nano satellites, an orbit to, to test technology or to transfer data. amazons argue the space is a bit like the wild west and the way it's being handled from like there are no laws as to who whoever comes 1st stakes a clamp clients, a flag in that headline spots. how does i'm of course it can't carry on like that. this comes along with the listening to my thinking. the cheapest way of launching a satellite is in what is called satellite separation system. lights,

a one being developed by michelle tolstoy. 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 sorta 60000000 euros this become and these others. of course, 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 rock at the i give anguish on the type of the nano satellites, essentially hitch a ride into space a few months later, available i'mma is on his way to the united states. he is going to deliver a number of small satellites for launch into space. he has colleagues still themselves by the high ma has followed in the footsteps of his

father who helped build a saw you spacecraft and rush up back then space agencies dominated the scene. nowadays. one company in particular is setting the pace space ex pulls off crenshaw boulevard, like then turn right onto rocket road with space eggs. multi billionaire ilan mosque has built a business out of space missions among his customers. our nasa, i'm isa space x even takes their astronauts into space these days. want the mission . i couldn't film inside the building, so of course everything is top secret and off limits analytical. and i think that the american us might be less amused, or at least as equally on amused, as the russians class. if you don't stick to the rules and hope space sex is trying to make space travel more affordable is cutting down on waste. is part of that by the hi. my and his colleagues stop by cape canaveral to check out

a technological innovation from space x. the booster takes the rock, had 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 companies doubt whether that investment will ever really pay off. they believe in re usability recovery of boosters, but can see it. and the russians also said like, well, when it's basic said we will recover through some blue book law. we're just, we'll build cheaper all 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 justin agreement that they will be brought back down to earth no more than 25 years after c st operation . but fewer than half actually return using their remaining fuel bull. i miss a foreigner and corporal at u. lat requires a co operative satellite of mine, a satellite that still responds to my commands that still works for you to his games. that makes it difficult for companies in the operator to say the good for okay. even though it's still function logged in, i'm going to get rid of it now in my son, in most cases he from 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. well done, then the only way to get rid of it is to wait until it burns up in the atmosphere, vis a vis enough. must feel for glue. and that takes time, which is why here on the coast of the alonzo scientists are studying how to de

orbit out of service satellites faster. this is where e says technology center is located. here, researchers simulate space on earth. they replicate the conditions in orbit extreme radiation and wildly fluctuating temperatures. engineer daniel stetson works at h p. s. a munich based company. he's here to make the most of it. he says testing facilities. he and his colleagues have traveled to the netherlands to try out a new technology intended to help tidy up space. he says teeth yanna cardona co design, the device it's purpose is to ensure satellites do not spent decades floating around as to breathe. after spending just a few years in service,

the small box contains technology that could bring decommission satellites back to earth more quickly, moving and uncomfortable until they come to elementary. we need to speed that up once we're launching more and more and bringing down to few. it's getting ever more crowded or follow at some point, so it'll be in to congested dangerously. so we need to act. now. thing was net again was to the small boxes fitted to a satellite before its launch. once the satellite is ready for retirement, a small sale 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 on leo not huffmans holding tech. deserts orders at the 1st project i've been fully involved in your been 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 sunday system 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 company's production hall. sometimes staff get

together here to watch soccer. today they hope to see a successful launch. danny instead, so sale is inside. now, in the top section of this space, x rocket attached to one of the 88 nano satellites. for leo, 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 god, get up. and you can't working. 30

seconds to go. for just about 20 seconds. we have left off our old pole. ah no. and we did hear the call to hold the i'm, it's a, they stopped at 11 seconds from lift off. and now we have to wait 15 minutes. i mean, i had to bubble and then suddenly the live transmission. and oh yes, it's a 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 at launch pad. leo not 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 soon. 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 mathias 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. the 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, past mccloud,

has all the alexander i'm going to ground about more actually what we do have. and yet 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 mathias mella about how the astronauts respond in such cases. given minor, grew them in my go into the capital with my crew and in my suit, all the doors in the space station. and then we cross our fingers and hope for the best i would store instead of a piece of debris were to hip a space station, then we would still be able to fly away safely, and land on earth, and lumpkin can of the egg. in this instance, the astronauts were able to leave the capsule after a while, but the trash remain 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 these 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 vicki this

knowledge. while this, i'm gonna put this short term thinking really makes me a bit sad since i've been 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 fits and space is a resource. lum 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 by about hi,

my wants to find buyers for his satellites. and he set up a new company kind of one of the no one 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 and some other. 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 starling is for the u. s, but better and innovative investor with data production and everything that's so important in your out in boston, it's about implementing that in your own to that bounce pfeifer 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 but i must plan with the other for the full name of the your constellation. yes, planning one. i know this, but the wisdom all you'll make one is 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 place. yeah. yeah. on my all, that's my job. 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 225300. a sale area 5 to 7 square meters on my board maker. the races 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 copa 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 envoy if it stops working. who intervenes? i. stakeholders agree with 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 a strong asian space actor. on the other hand segment, 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 from 50 or more. you can find everything in germany. it's done within the german arrow 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, labor high tech pick one think that it's fantastic. i'm the fucking diabolic and our hawkish and will be the central guy live in the german space sector. many are hoping that the you will give financial backing to sustainable solutions at h p. s. and jenny, or danielle decile, 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 really good. recently like here perhaps this time leo, not huffman will 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 for fear that i fly by there. yeah, he did say that he down room with it takes about an hour before the rocket reaches its intended orbit, the and back engine or the 2nd stage. well formed 2nd engine start one and ignite that and back engine through the ly feed. everyone 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. own fasfa. ah, that's awesome. about alright. i on satellite carrier separation confirmed i don't

3 that was up there with him on the, on your part of this guy back to 11 in one years 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 and there drag sales in berlin, vita by lima 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 on the ball in 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, i'm installing for ones i'm gone. after all, both companies are part of elan masks, empire. by ly mind his team, not they want to get into orbit as quickly as possible. they want to dispose of space clutter faster. otherwise, there will be no future for new space. these industry. yeah. this industry?

yes, it's new. it's very promising and would have it could be a driver of economic growth ogling. it could also generate wealth in germany to more foreign and we're still up at the forefront. we'll do that. but if we clutter up space, nobody will benefit stuff. and he says, satellite control center in downstairs germany, 100 collision warning the day are now the norm for hunger clock and his team. they know it can't go on like this. those is the sentinel toys for this coming close as well to when is it also on 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 that's half the battle, i'm cleveland. how may i from the i think 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. mm . german w, this award winning offer is available worldwide wanting german has never been simpler german to go. how can journalism help us in overcoming divisions? register now for the d. w. global media form 2023 in bonn,

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