Space Debris

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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On Wednesday Elon Musk’s commercial space company SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit as part of Inspiration4, the first all-civilian spaceflight mission. They will return to Earth three days later, having made history. Yet apart from collecting data to add to a robust body of research on human health and…

by Jeff Foust — September 15, 2021 Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt said a commercial orbital debris removal capability would be "very valuable" since it would avoid concerns that one developed by the military would also be used as a weapon. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust WAILEA, Hawaii — A Space Force general…

Home News Tech Apple computer company co-founder Steve Wozniak, seen here in a 2010 photo, is launching the new company Privateer Space to clean up space junk. (Image credit: Marcel Antonisse/ANP/AFP via Getty Images) Apple's co-founder plans to bring disruption to a new industry: the long-standing effort to clean up…