Ewan Wright

Ewan Wright

PhD candidate, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of British Columbia

Ewan Wright is a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia, Canada, where he researches issues related to the sustainability of the outer space environment through both the Astrophysics and Political Science Departments. He is also a Junior Fellow of the Outer Space Institute, an interdisciplinary group of experts working on emerging space sustainability issues.

Latest articles by Ewan Wright

illustration of debris in orbit around Earth

Over the past six years, governments proposed launching over one million satellites, but where will they all go?

By Ewan Wright, Andrew Falle published

As the number of satellites in orbit increase, so will the possibilities of space debris. There are currently 8,000 satellites in orbit, but hundreds of thousands more are being proposed.

Satellites