Space debris (also known as space junk, space pollution, space waste, space trash, space garbage, or cosmic debris) are defunct human-made objects in space –...

due to space pollution is numerous enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade in which each collision generates space debris that increases...

Space debris usually burns up in the atmosphere, but larger debris objects can reach the ground intact. According to NASA, an average of one cataloged...

Earth. Space debris may also consist of natural components such as chunks of rock and ice. The problem of space debris has grown as various space programs...

(2017). Tundra Disposal Orbit Study. 7th European Conference on Space Debris. ESA Space Debris Office. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved...

are three primary forms: atmospheric particulate matter, marine debris, and space debris. Some particles are released directly from a specific source, while...

: II-238  During the design process of the Space Shuttle, a requirement of the ET was that it would not release any debris that could potentially damage the orbiter...

Retrieved 25 June 2024. "Space station from 2001: A Space Odyssey". United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (2010). "Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines...

Nahra, Henry (24–29 April 1989). Effect of Micrometeoroid and Space Debris Impacts on the Space Station Freedom Solar Array Surfaces (PDF). Spring Meeting...

line to deploy the service. Space debris in medium Earth orbit stays practically permanently orbiting Earth. Most space debris extends to the lowest high...

launches have resulted in more space debris orbiting Earth, hindering the ability of nations to operate in the space environment while increasing the...

Specific issues of space ethics include space debris mitigation and the militarization of space, but also more theoretical topics like space colonization,...

chance of moving over 200 km above the geostationary belt at end of life. Space debris at geostationary orbits typically has a lower collision speed than at...

list of artificial objects reentering Earth's atmosphere by mass (see space debris). Such objects are often completely destroyed by reentry heating, but...

Major contributors to space debris include the explosion of upper stages and satellite collisions. There were 190 known satellite breakups between 1961...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., commonly referred to as SpaceX, is an American space technology company headquartered at the SpaceX Starbase near...

generates space debris, which can collide with other satellites and generate more space debris. A cascading multiplication of space debris could cause...

or fragmentation debris. The system is the responsibility of United States Space Command and operated by the United States Space Force and its functions...

presence in space, particularly through mediation, can take many physical forms from space debris, uncrewed spacecraft, artificial satellites, space observatories...

spacecraft out of the way of oncoming space debris to avoid collisions. The Space Force describes assured access to space as being able to make sure it can...

breakup event in geostationary orbit, with US Space Force reporting 20 tracked (but not yet cataloged) debris objects. The sat was launched 2016 Aug 24 and...

entire globe with similar lighting. As the number of satellites and space debris around Earth increases, the threat of collision has become more severe...

forms of space debris removal are being considered and produced to slow the exponential growth of space debris orbiting Earth due to increased space exploration...

clean space." He said that E-Space technology enables their satellites to collect orbital debris. He also said E-Space satellites are designed to be...

navigation, development of mission control tools and techniques and space debris studies. ESOC's current major activities comprise operating planetary...

on "Disaggregated Space Architectures". Anti-satellite attacks, especially ones with kinetic kill vehicles, can form space debris which can stay in orbit...

systems is limited to relatively low altitudes due to space debris issues and so as to avoid leaving debris from launch in orbit. On March 23, 1983, President...

of humanity's space activity. The region has seen high levels of space debris, sometimes dubbed space pollution, threatening any space activity in this...

years from the date of the license. SpaceX filed documents in late 2017 with the FCC to clarify their space debris mitigation plan, under which the company...

subject includes procedures designed to prevent the accumulation of space debris in orbit, analytical methods for predicting likely collisions, and avoidance...