SUMMARY OF THE 1ST EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON SPACE DEBRIS

At the initiative of the European Space Agency (ESA), the First Europe an Conference on Space Debris was held in Darmstadt, Germany, from 5 t o 7 April 1993 gathering more than 250 experts from 17 countries. The conference was cosponsored by the national space agencies Agenzia Spaz iale Italiana (ASI), British National Space Centre (BNSC), Centre Nati onal d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) and Deutsche Agentur fur Raumfahrtangel egenheiten (DARA). The conference was primarily focusing on technical aspects of space debris, however, in a number of mutually complementar y papers legal issues were addressed.