Space Debris

Enlarge / Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth aside from the Sun. Modern human society has been making it ever more challenging for astronomers to get their job done. While we've designated radio-quiet areas and dark skies initiatives, tensions have been heightened recently by the launch of broadband-Internet satellites,…

A Long March 3B rocket lifts off with China’s Shijian 21 satellite. Credit: CASC China launched the classified Shijian 21 satellite Saturday on what government officials described as an experimental “space debris mitigation” mission. The Shijian 21 satellite lifted off aboard a Long March 3B rocket at 9:27 p.m. EDT…

by Andrew Jones — October 24, 2021 Shijian-21 lifting off atop a Long March 3B from Xichang at 9:27 a.m. local time, October 24. Credit: CASC HELSINKI — China launched the Shijian-21 satellite from Xichang late Saturday with the stated aim of testing space debris mitigation technologies. A Long March…

China successfully launched a new satellite on Sunday to test and verify space debris mitigation technologies. It was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The satellite, named Shijian-21, was launched by a Long March-3B carrier rocket and it entered the planned orbit successfully. The…

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Author of the article: Julie Kotsis Shawn Bastien displays a video on his cell phone on Thursday, October 21, 2021 of a possible meteor that flew over the skies of Windsor recently. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star Was it a meteor, a fireball, space debris? No one knows for…

by Sandra Erwin — October 21, 2021 Rendering of space debris and defunct launcher stages in the geostationary ring. Credit: European Space Agency Investors may be wary of backing nascent companies without a guarantee of future procurements by the government WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Force generals made headlines recently calling…

Zipmex has released a fun, arcade-style mobile game where players will ‘fly to the moon’ avoiding space debris and collect crypto along the way to achieve the highest score. Players will get the opportunity to win A$1300 worth of crypto and an iPhone 13 Pro if they refer other players…

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