Publications by Emmanuelle Brigitte Marie David

Workshop Outcomes Summary Paper - Space Sustainability: Bridging Initiatives and Perspectives

Outer space sustainability is rapidly becoming a major focal area in global politics. Amidst governance challenges ranging from orbital debris over atmospheric pollution up to space resource exploration, policymakers, academics, industry, and civil society ...

Secure World Foundation2025

Swiss Space Sustainability Research Days 2025 - Book of Abstracts

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Elisabeth Andréa Cécile Rachith, Thibault Antoine Marie Joseph Ghesquière-Diérickx, Emmanuelle Brigitte Marie David, Carolyn Marie Crichton, Stephan Hellmich

The first Swiss Space Sustainability Research Days, held from January 6–8, 2025, in Les Diablerets, brought together over 50 experts from Swiss research institutions and industry. Participants explored key topics including the environmental impact of space ...

2025

Space sustainability rating: Designing a composite indicator to incentivize satellite operators to pursue long-term sustainability of the space environment

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Emmanuelle Brigitte Marie David

The rapid growth in satellite deployments, particularly with the emergence of large constellations, has amplified concerns over the sustainability of the orbital environment. Space mission operators can utilize different mechanisms during the design and op ...

2025

Fostering multi-stakeholder collaboration for space sustainability through an incentive-based mechanism

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Emmanuelle Brigitte Marie David

The proliferation of debris in the space environment, congesting the Low Earth Orbit (LEO), constitutes a major challenge to the safety and sustainability of space missions and operations. Policy makers at the national, regional and international levels ar ...

2025

Sustainable Solutions in the Space Sector: Factors Determining the Perception of the Opportunity Landscape by Key Players in the Space Industry

Emmanuelle Brigitte Marie David, Stephan Hellmich

In essence, the problem of orbital pollution is a tragedy of commons. Space does not belong to anyone, thus, there is a tendency to exploit it excessively without accountability for mitigating the resulting consequences. While sustainable space solutions h ...

International Astronautical Federation, IAF2024

Sustainability of End-To-end Space Transportation Missions: Modelling Technical and Environmental Aspects for Early Phases Ecodesign Decision Support

Emmanuelle Brigitte Marie David

International Astronautical Federation (IAF)2024

Gaps review and improvement pathways in the assessment and management of collision risk in low Earth orbit

Jean-Paul Richard Kneib, Marie-Valentine Renée Agnès Florin, Romain Buchs, Emmanuelle Brigitte Marie David

There is growing concern that collision risk in low Earth orbit is inadequately managed, necessitating new strategies. Based on discussions held at a multistakeholder workshop organized by EPFL in May 2021, this paper presents some challenges, or governanc ...

2023