Trillium signs ESA Zero Debris Charter: Tackling one of space’s greatest challenges
Tackling one of space’s greatest challenges
On 16 June 2025, Trillium proudly joined the European Space Agency’s Zero Debris Charter, standing alongside partners across the space sector to address one of the defining challenges of modern space activity: orbital debris.
Every day, over 36,000 uncontrolled objects larger than a tennis ball orbit the Earth. These fragments, ranging from spent rocket stages to tiny remnants of satellites, pose growing risks to the spacecraft and missions that underpin navigation, communications, climate monitoring, and scientific research. The charter is a commitment to safe, sustainable, and responsible operations in space, ensuring that the AI, science, and missions we care about have a secure stage to operate on. ✨
Why does space debris matter?
Space debris is a systemic challenge. Collisions can generate more fragments, triggering a chain reaction known as the Kessler Syndrome, which could make certain orbits hazardous for decades. For Trillium, whose work relies on satellites to collect and analyze critical Earth and space data, this is a challenge we cannot ignore.
Our approach: AI, collaboration, and innovation
At Trillium and FDL, we utilise AI as a tool to manage and mitigate these potential risks. Though technology alone isn’t enough, the charter emphasizes collaboration across agencies, research institutions, and industry, and that’s where the heart of the solution lies.
Signing the ESA Zero Debris Charter strengthens our commitment to responsible space stewardship. It aligns with our vision of creating tools, systems, and partnerships that make space safer, so the missions we launch today and in the future can operate without threat. ✨
Trillium’s part to play
ESA’s Zero Debris Charter is a rallying point: a chance to take real steps towards a safer orbital environment. By 2030, the aim is nothing less than a future where missions can operate free from the growing risks of debris.
Signing the Charter is our promise to use our AI and science capabilities for positive change in space. Our work will help space remain a frontier of safe exploration, as opposed to accident-prone clutter.
With this step, we’re standing alongside ESA and fellow charter signing partners, to back a vision where future missions, science, and curiosity can all thrive safely in orbit.
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At Trillium Technologies, we’re committed to better understanding our changing climate and using AI to become better stewards of our planet and its orbital environment. Collaboration is at the heart of that mission.
If you’d like to get involved or explore ways we can work together, we’d love to hear from you → team@trillium.tech
