Managing Space Debris in the Era of Large Constellations: A Dynamic Game Approach

Pierre Bernhard (), Marc Deschamps and Georges Zaccour ()
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Pierre Bernhard: MACBES Team, INRIA Center of Université Côte d’Azur, Sophia Antipolis, France
Georges Zaccour: GERAD – HEC Montréal, Québec, Canada

No 2025-13, Working Papers from CRESE

Abstract: Space infrastructure and data have become indispensable to humanity at all scales, which is largely due to the advent of the New Space era, characterized by the creation of large satellite constellations. Unfortunately, these remarkable developments exacerbate an already pressing issue: the growing accumulation of space debris. In this article, we propose a dynamic gametheoretic model showing that this problem can be contained, if an international institution is created and empowered to levy taxes to finance active debris removal activities.

Keywords: Dynamic games; space debris; large constellations; active debris removal; international institution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2025-11
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