Space Debris

by Sandra Erwin — February 12, 2022 Rendering of Earth orbiting space debris. Credit: NOAA The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity in a request for information asks for 'innovative approaches to detect and track currently undetectable orbital space debris' WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community — which builds and operates…

Space debris has become a real concern for space exploration agencies worldwide. According to estimates, there are 7,200 artificial satellites in total orbiting Earth and 27,000 pieces of man-made debris caught in orbit. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully decommissioned a 14-year-old communication satellite, INSAT-4B, which provided services…

Home News Tech A new U.S. Space Force video "demands action" on space debris and asks the private sector for their help cleaning up the growing space mess. The video was released Jan. 5 on the Space Force's SpaceWERX website (its technology branch) to push a program called Orbital Prime,…

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News @andrew_andrew__ Jan 30, 2022, 4:04 pm EST | 1 min read A Falcon 9 rocket leaving Cape Canaveral in 2017. Nadezda Murmakova/Shutterstock.com You’ve heard about space junk, but it’s time to get familiar with moon junk. No, moon junk isn’t some weird rash; it’s the crap that humans will…

by Andrew Jones — January 11, 2022 Orbital debris illustration. Credit: ESA HELSINKI — U.S. space tracking has linked the breakup of Chinese satellite Yunhai-1 (02) to a collision with a small piece of debris from a Russian satellite launch, according to NASA. The Yunhai-1 (02) satellite was developed by…

by Sandra Erwin — January 6, 2022 LeoLabs' West Australian space radar conceptual field of view. Credit: LeoLabs Darren McKnight: The problem are not commercial megaconstellations but a failure to deal with existing debris WASHINGTON — The United States is a space superpower but is not doing as much as…

Home News Spaceflight A Russian Angara A5 rocket launches from Plesetsk Cosmodrome on the vehicle’s third demonstration mission on Dec. 27, 2021. The rocket, carrying a dummy payload, reached low Earth orbit, but an upper-stage engine failure prevented it from going higher as planned, according to media reports. (Image credit:…

by Sandra Erwin — January 5, 2022 Orbital debris illustration. Credit: ESA Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David Thompson said the Space Force wants to buy debris-removal services from the private sector WASHINGTON — Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David Thompson in a video released Jan. 5 called…

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