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debris, every single day ribbon islet, resume 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 it is 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 dog stud need to wait patiently. but soon they get a glimpse of it, but i, i guess something they look everywhere i go to shortly after sunset is the best time to see satellites. they're still lit up by the sun while it's already donna

norris. oh yeah. yes. covers me. so i need to keep her eyes peeled in. somebody been out the best time. it's moving north. that's it. on amazon. well, no doubt, in the long run, there's another longer to be older than women. many satellites are visible to day. when you come on from, from the band hall, got card 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 to reasons on star link promises to provide high speed internet from space, the satellites along tightly line masks, aerospace empire. soon after launching their bunched close together, then ease i get 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, recruitment. you can see 6000 stars with the naked eye or the could build that one day. we can see more moving satellites than stars in our skies will be full of motion rather than stillness in 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, 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. but not everything burns up when it re enters the earth's atmosphere. therefore, bowen, we turned down those titanium stainless steel style and fuel tanks, especially because they need to a spanish immense pressure or an engine nozzles, which must withstand heated osgood because these she was

a very sheet resistance. it's a problem on re entry could 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 just go to the probability that you are i will be here by one of these objects during our lifetime of a smaller than the odds of been struck by lightning twice, conference with them. and yet you just can't dismiss it to one of the it was i to she there such people. it's good lord, i've heard of a person who's been struck by lightning 6th time. 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 result in 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 are knocked out. things get less precise. as space fills up with debris, we're at risk of losing the tech. we now rely on red zillion. 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, the weather forecasts that phone calls, the advisor will be better for under our end with perhaps even have internet from space i'm in a venue have lots of got us internet server, austin, all of that is at risk if we do not sufficiently protector, infrastructure and space interest is true initially through switching about 2 thirds of space. debris circles around the earth in long orbit, including tens of thousands since 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 hi, i'm a 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 sized business can afford to have its own nano satellites, an orbit to, to test technology or to transfer data unless transacting 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, the clients of flag and that headline spots. oh doesn't, of course it can't carry on like that. this comes along with the listeners. why the good? 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 freight containers. all they need now is a lift, given that the cost of a rocket can quickly saw to 60000000 euros. this become of these on 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 an effect already paid for the rock at the i give anguish on baton up. the nano satellites, essentially hitch a ride into space. a few months later advised her by

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 has colleagues still themselves by the high ma has followed in the footsteps of his father who helped build the saw you spacecraft and russia back then space agencies dominated the scene nowadays. one company in particular is setting the pace space ex we'll talk 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 on the mission. i couldn't film inside the building, so i was of course everything is top secret and off literacy. and i'm really glad i think that the american us might be less amused, or at least as equally on amused,

as the russian spouse 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 emma and his colleagues stop 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 . 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 reusability, recovery of boosters, but well, good,

good. and that's russian soul. so sad like when spacing 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 ceasing operation. but fewer than half actually return using their remaining fuel. oh, so i was a former incorporate fuel lat requires a cooperative satellite of mine, a satellite that still responds to my commands that still works feeling too good. that makes it difficult for companies of the operator 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 you have the satellite this no longer responding with it,

it isn't possible to communicate with home or it's just humbling around somewhere out of control. gettng on 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 bid out of service satellites faster. this is where e says technology central is located. here, 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. a munich based company. he's here to make the most of the 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 hospice 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 decommission satellites back to earth, more quickly, mover than when convenient, and they come to elementary. we need to speed that up. 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 on dangerously. so we need to act. now. thing was that 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, folding tech deserts 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 and development began at isa. and to near 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. 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 old hole. ah no. and we did hear the call to hold the um its a, they stopped 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 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 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 those out . but a new launch attempt is planned soon. mm . 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. 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 actions that we do have. and do you feel like yes, the space debris hurdling towards the i assess, was created by the russian military afterwards. 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 still all the doors in the space station and then we cross our fingers and hope for the best i would still high end of 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 lumpkin come off the air. 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 these internal shields 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. physically, this knowledge, while this i'm gonna quote 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. huntsville is wilson, ferguson, and space is a resource um is i know those others ruthy 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 trapped 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 to 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, we're 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 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 own. that sounds fifa 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 bahamas plan with the other for the full name was if constellation yes, planning one. i know this diversity module make one if you're leading the way of us blog. but what plans do you have to make your constellation disappear again presented. i'd leave out that we'd ensure it'd be t orbiting 2 years after its operating life at the latest knock on where it talks about that we didn't. i'm good please. yeah, it's 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 fine of 25300 a sale area, a 5 to 7 square meters on the sea? well, the odd metal, the races on to secure the best places in space. starling is the furthest along with its mega constellation, several 1000 m, that $30000.00 plant 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 every once cleaning up after themselves. this movement that help you have to imagine was possible. what happened is when something like that goes bust after launching $600.00 satellites into space that who's responsible for di orbiting, your btn, who pays the personnel to issue the command on. but if it stops working, who intervenes? i. stakeholders agree. 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 the isn't lend on. we can see level for europe not to have one us. 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 gets done within the german arrow space industry is growing. some of the small startups from 5 years ago are now big players. this is 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 topic that hits fantastic the fucking diabolic that are 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. engineer 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 really good. yeah. before we begin,

like here. yeah. 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 life pictures again from cape canaveral. oh, even 6 via the die dry blinds. they're both pretty down room 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 m back engine through the ly feed every one can closely follow how the 88

satellites are released. one after the other guy satellite version was fun and it's exciting. unbelievable. own fasfa. ah, that's awesome. about right. i on satellite carrier separation confirmed i don't 3 that was on me because they're they're like, you know, on your, on your part of this tie 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 and there 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 has also calling for its own constellation to guarantee internet on earth for self driving vehicles. for example, you automobile house to automakers or one of the biggest employers in the u, not just in germany, but in france and other countries on the ball and concussion. it's hard to imagine that without satellite connectivity, they'd be able to compete with tesla, which will obviously be connected to starlight from this list and stalling for wounds anger. after all, both companies are part of elan masks,

empire by lima and 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 just, it could be a driver of economic growth all going on. it could also generate wealth in germany to not foreign. and we're still up at the forefront builds that. but if we clutter up space, nobody will benefit it's different. he says, satellite control center in downstairs germany, hundreds of collisions 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 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 debris 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. ah. 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 duncan, my actually, 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 ah,

renewable energies and electron mobility ah, dependent on the battery industry and may be produced, sustain, absolutely says here it. what about our own rule material mining? and what are the alternative electricity storage made in germany. in 30 minutes on d, w o.

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