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Technologies and Infrastructures for a Sustainable Space

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A Roadmap to Future Space Connectivity

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The space is going to become an unsafe place to operate. The amount of active and passive space objects (satellites and debris) that are concentrated in some orbits represents a treat. In such a crowded environment, spectrum management becomes more complex and the probability to operate with high level of interference increases. It is becoming more and more clear that actions are needed to make the space more sustainable. Much of the effort is nowadays in reducing the risk associated to the already produced “space junks”. This chapter outlines the need to design future missions through a common sustainability-prone strategy that aim to stop producing further pollution. The chapter describes the proposed strategy and key technologies to enable it

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  1. University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

    Ernestina Cianca

  2. University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Simone Morosi

  3. Center for Teleinfrastructures (CTIF), University of Roma “Tor Vergata”, Roma, Italy

    Marina Ruggieri

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  1. Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI), University of Trento, Trento, Italy

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    Fabrizio Granelli

  3. Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

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  4. Deutsche Telekom Chair of Communication Networks, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

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Cianca, E., Morosi, S., Ruggieri, M. (2023). Technologies and Infrastructures for a Sustainable Space. In: Sacchi, C., Granelli, F., Bassoli, R., Fitzek, F.H.P., Ruggieri, M. (eds) A Roadmap to Future Space Connectivity. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30762-1_8

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