Navigating the Growing Space Debris Threat: Mitigating Accidents and Ensuring Safe Space Operations

 Introduction: From Orbital Congestion to Strategic Risk Earth’s orbital environment is no longer a benign expanse supporting exploration—it is rapidly evolving into a contested, congested, and strategically critical domain. What was once treated as a long-term sustainability concern has now matured into an immediate operational and geopolitical risk. With tens of thousands of active and…