BRIN Opens Collaboration Opportunities To Overcome Space Waste

JAKARTA The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is exploring opportunities for cooperation with the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH) in monitoring and mitigating waste in space.

This prospect opened after Kyoto University and Space Weather Company (SWxC), the RISH delegation, visited the BRIN Space Research Center (PRA). During the visit, the three institutions discussed the things needed in dealing with space debris.

Director of RISH and Deputy Leader of SWxC, Mamoru Yamamoto, also said that they opened the same opportunity. Through the discussion, RISH wants to develop a 'superspace junk risk monitoring and mitigation system' with BRIN.

Yamamoto offers a technical innovation in the form of a super high-performance radar. This radar is capable of detecting unknown space debris, even whose orbit has not been identified, with high sensitivity and accuracy.

According to Yamamoto, "This technology works by detecting and tracking space debris and satellites in orbit using radar or telescopes from the ground."

He added that this technology is known as Space Situational Awareness (SSA).

The head of PRA BRIN, Emmanuel Sungging Mumpuni, welcomed this offer. He stated that research on monitoring central space debris is a priority in Indonesia, especially after the low-Earth Orbit (LEO) is increasingly crowded with space objects.

"This monitoring and mitigation is not only for the national interest but also part of international cooperation in overcoming the risk of space debris against global space technology and security systems," said Sungging.