... danger that has a number of defining characteristics. There is a significant difference between man-made space debris and natural space debris (such as meteoroids). Meteors arrive unannounced from the depths of space, quickly pass through near-Earth...
... by Russia has now been spotted in space by Numerica Corp., a Colorado-based company that provides tracking of space debris objects. This week, Russia has faced an outpouring of condemnation after the country admitted to destroying a 2,000 kilogram...
...CEO of Astroscale. “Several countries, including Japan, are taking action by funding missions which support the development of debris removal technologies, and we at Astroscale are excited to help drive the market by providing the most cost-effective...
... designed to safeguard the orbital environment for future generations. Together the companies will seek to identify ambitious debris removal projects and as a first step, ASTROSCALE has contracted SSTL to supply a “Target” satellite and avionics for...
... conjunctions,” said NASA chief Jim Bridenstine via Twitter on Tuesday. This week’s incidence saw a piece of space debris pass as close as approximately 1.4 kilometers (nearly one mile) of the orbital laboratory, NASA said; significantly closer than...
... context. This sets it apart from the many books that have sought to highlight the problem of space debris but trivialised it in the process (for example, by referring to it as ‘space junk’). To some extent, it is over-academised, which risks...