- The Zero Debris Charter was signed by twelve countries and the European Space Agency (ESA) during the ESA/EU Space Council.
Zero-Debris Charter
- The Zero Debris Charter was announced during the ESA Space Summit in Seville, Spain, in November 2023.
- The Charter was assisted by ESA’s “Protection of Space Assets” Accelerator and produced in close collaboration with diverse space actors.
Objectives:
- To achieve debris neutrality in space by 2030.
- Long-term viability of human operations in Earth orbit.
Members:
- The signatories are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
- The ESA signed as an international organisation.
Community Support and Leadership
- More than 100 organisations are anticipated to join the Charter in the coming months.
- This comprises governmental space agencies, satellite makers, space start-ups, and astronomical society.
Source: https://www.space.com/space-junk-zero-debris-charter-esa#:~:text=ESA%20and%20some%20of%20its,tackle%20the%20orbital%20debris%20problem.&text=Earth%20orbit%20is%20becoming%20increasingly%20polluted.