Several EU countries, such as Germany and France, already have space laws, but Brussels will present the first European Space Law in the coming months.
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00:00More and more satellites are being sent to space.
00:04Most of them move in what is known as low Earth orbit,
00:08about 1,000 kilometers from Earth.
00:11Yet the increase of satellites has expanded demands
00:14to maintain a sustainable and clean space and to avoid coalitions.
00:19This was one of the topics of discussion at the European Space Forum in Brussels.
00:24Some companies have already started some projects to bring Internet to remote places
00:28and are adopting the satellites.
00:33All of our satellites will have active propulsion systems
00:38which means that we can maneuver them to avoid any collision.
00:43We will also have a specific type of shielding
00:47so that whenever we have a collision with a small debris,
00:53elements of the satellites are protected.
00:58According to ESA data, there are about 12,500 satellites in Earth orbit.
01:04And the number keeps growing.
01:07The space race is growing and growing.
01:11Now, for example, we have from the U.S.,
01:17we have constellations are launched into space
01:22and space becomes more and more also a business.
01:25So it's interesting for private firms to launch satellites into space.
01:30The problem grows when satellites are no longer operational and are still in space.
01:35At the moment, it is estimated that there are about 2,700 in this situation.
01:40On top of this, space debris, such as small parts of these devices,
01:44are flying around at high speed.
01:47To prevent this, the agency has launched the Zero Debris Charter.
01:51The aim of this charter is to go towards zero debris in 2030.
01:59It's a non-binding document with high-level objectives.
02:06And also it's community-driven, meaning that ESA will include many stakeholders.
02:15Brussels will present the first European Space Act in the coming months.