Space debris threatens global internet and astronaut missions
Dec 31, 2024 · On October 19, the US Space Command revealed a troubling incident: the Intelsat 33e satellite broke into approximately 20 pieces, littering an already crowded space with large chunks of space debris. The cause remains unknown, but the event has reignited serious concerns about the increasing accumulation of space junk in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya
Jan 2, 2025 · Last March, a 1.6-pound chunk of debris from the International Space Station tore a hole through the roof of a home in Florida, and the following month, several sizable fragments of metal from a ...
Kessler Syndrome: Space junk is clouding Earth’s orbit. Is it past …
Dec 27, 2024 · What’s more, space weather can change orbital trajectories — so it’s difficult to predict exactly how and where debris is traveling, according to Dr. Thomas Berger, director of the ...
ISS dodges its 39th piece of potentially hazardous space junk.
Nov 26, 2024 · On Nov. 19, the International Space Station (ISS) dodged a potentially dangerous piece of space junk left in orbit from a satellite that broke up in 2015. The maneuver, which involved the ISS...
Earth's orbit is so crowded that space traffic controllers issue more ...
Dec 25, 2024 · Space junk has filled up so much of Earth's orbit that it's endangering satellites and astronauts. The company Kayhan Space issues roughly 1,000 space-collision warnings per day.
Waste in space: all the news surrounding space junk
Aug 12, 2024 · After more than 60 years of satellite launches and space exploration, manufactured objects like derelict spacecraft and rocket fragments now litter Earth’s orbit as space junk.
Uncontrolled reentry of space debris poses a real and
Jun 5, 2024 · The Florida crash landing of space debris jettisoned from the ISS has spun up concerns about uncontrolled reentry of human-made space debris.
International Space Station dodges 2nd piece of space junk in 6 …
Nov 26, 2024 · A Russian Progress freighter docked to the ISS fired its thrusters Nov. 25 to dodge a piece of debris, the second evasive maneuver for the station in less than a week.
Nearly 30,000 objects are hurtling through near-Earth orbit. That ... - CNN
Feb 21, 2024 · Then there is the space junk — nearly 30,000 objects bigger than a softball hurtling a few hundred miles above Earth, ten times faster than a bullet.
The U.S. is getting serious about space junk - NBC News
The U.S. government is taking legal steps to limit the amount of space junk — the cloud of dangerous debris still orbiting the Earth — after more than six decades of space races, rocket...