Banning the Deliberate Creation of Debris: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Channel: Secure World Foundation
Date: 27/06/2022

The continued testing of destructive antisatellite (ASAT) capabilities, even against one's own satellites, is a destabilizing activity in which no responsible state should engage. Since 1959, four countries have conducted tests that have destroyed satellites and created thousands of pieces of space debris that persisted for years and even decades afterwards. This behavior threatens our current and long-term ability to access and derive benefits from space. This panel will discuss why an ASAT test ban is important, how this prohibition might take shape, why something like this is possible now, and how it fits into other discussions on responsible behavior in space.

Speakers
Daniel Oltrogge (Opening Presenter) COMSPOC Corporation, Director
Sabrina Alam (Panelist) SES, Senior Specialist, ESG and Sustainability
Almudena Azcárate Ortega (Panelist) UNIDIR, Associate Researcher
Clive Hughes (Panelist) UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Head of Space Security and Advanced Threats
Nivedita Raju (Panelist) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Jessica Tok (Panelist) U.S. Dept of Defense - OASD Space Policy, Space Policy Analyst
Brian Weeden (Moderator) Secure World Foundation, Director