#orbital-debris — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #orbital-debris, aggregated by home.social.
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"US officials have said a nuclear detonation would render portions of low-Earth orbit useless for up to a year."
Tragically and comically optimistic. Apparently this prediction only includes ionizing radiation problems, not the spectacular cloud of orbit-denying fragments that inevitably will propagate from thousands of "noncooperative" spacecraft with their trajectories shaped by the vagaries of gravity anomalies etc.
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Odin Space opens U.S. office in Los Angeles
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/odin-space-opens-u-s-office-in-los-angeles/
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No worries. We need only rely on flawless human nature.
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Orbit is filling up fast. Now comes the awkward bit: pre-empting and handling a crisis.
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#PortalSpaceSystems is partnering with an Australian venture called #PaladinSpace on a commercial service that would round up and dispose of potentially hazardous orbital debris. The first mission is being targeted for 2027. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/got-space-junk-portal-and-paladin-team-up-to-create-an-orbital-trash-disposal-service/ #Space #OrbitalDebris #SpaceJunk
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Portal teams up with Paladin for orbital trash disposal
Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems is partnering with an Australian venture called Paladin Space on a commercial service that would round up and dispose of potentially dangerous orbital debris.The concept — known as Debris Removal as a Service, or DRAAS — is meant
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/03/19/portal-teams-up-with-paladin-for-orbital-trash-disposal/
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Portal Space Systems and Paladin Space plan debris removal service
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Japan launches a wooden box into space as a “strange but brilliant solution” to an increasingly serious problem, orbital debris...
Wooden satellites like LignoSat are designed to burn up into water vapor and a small amount of carbon dioxide instead of long-lived metallic haze.
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House Science Committee leaders criticize FCC rulemaking on space safety
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Re-framing orbital debris: from a statistical to dosage approach
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We need a ‘Planetary Neural Network’ for AI-enabled space infrastructure protection
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Starfish will set up disposal service for military satellites
Starfish Space has secured a $52.5 million contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Development Agency to dispose of military satellites at the end of their operational lives.The Tukwila, Wash.-based startup says it’s the first commercial deal ever struc
https://cosmiclog.com/2026/01/21/starfish-will-set-up-disposal-service-for-military-satellites/
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The countdown to clean orbits has begun with ESA’s Zero Debris Charter
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Portal Space selects ‘Space Armor’ debris shield for 2026 mission
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ESA and ClearSpace announce PRELUDE in-orbit servicing and debris removal mission
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This year must bring greater collaboration against orbital congestion
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Colliding space debris produces radio bursts, raising prospect of ‘debris weather’ alerts
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Odin Space raises $3 million in seed funding
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/odin-space-raises-3-million-in-seed-funding/
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‘Space Armor’ to challenge traditional metal shielding on satellites
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We’re cluttering Earth’s orbit at record speed. Who’s going to clean it up?
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Atlas V Centaur breakup, one year later by Jim Shell
More than a thousand debris pieces tracked (but none cataloged by the US)
https://spacedomain.substack.com/p/atlas-v-centaur-breakup-one-year