UNISEC-Global challenge: How can UNISEC-Global contribute to long term sustainability of space activities?

Rei Kawashima, Shinichi Nakasuka, Klaus Schilling, Yasuyuki Miyazaki, Sir Martin Sweeting

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Abstract

Long term sustainability is vital to the future space activities. This is a key theme of the discussions in global space forums such as UNCOPUOS. UNISEC in Japan and UNISEC-Global has been facilitating practical space engineering education using nano-satellites. The issues of increasing density of debris in orbit and limited resources of radio frequencies are very relevant to nano-satellite activities at university level. In this paper, firstly UNISEC-Global is introduced, secondly, the concept of space sustainablity is described. Thirdly, UNISEC-Global's contribution to improving awareness of space sustainability among universities across the world is described, and fourthly, innovative technological approaches which may assist in the solution to these problems are introduced, followed by a discussion on the role of UNISEC-Global initiatives in this field.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRAST 2015 - Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies
EditorsM. Fevzi Unal, Suleyman Basturk, Okyay Kaynak, Abdurrahman Hacioglu, Fuat Ince
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages797-801
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781467377607
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 Aug 17
Externally publishedYes
Event7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, RAST 2015 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 2015 Jun 162015 Jun 19

Publication series

NameRAST 2015 - Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies

Conference

Conference7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, RAST 2015
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period15/6/1615/6/19

Keywords

  • nano-satellite
  • space engineering
  • sustainability
  • university

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering

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