#space-debris — Public Fediverse posts
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A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
31/2026🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 34,718 (+174)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 16,720 (+177)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,011
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,416 (+3)
❓ Unknown objects: 51
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,520 (-6)19 cataloged objects were officially confirmed as reentered since the last update.
#Orbit #Satcat #CelesTrak #Satellite #SpaceDebris #SpaceJunk #OrbitalHoarding
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A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
31/2026🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 34,718 (+174)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 16,720 (+177)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,011
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,416 (+3)
❓ Unknown objects: 51
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,520 (-6)19 cataloged objects were officially confirmed as reentered since the last update.
#Orbit #Satcat #CelesTrak #Satellite #SpaceDebris #SpaceJunk #OrbitalHoarding
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2026-07-28 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.07 km/s (+0.06 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 8 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 321,586.32 km (-6,592.66 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.84 LD (-0.02 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.07 s (-0.02 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 374,503.38 km (-24,594.37 km)
- Light travel time: 1.25 s (-0.08 s) -
2026-07-28 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.07 km/s (+0.06 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 8 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 321,586.32 km (-6,592.66 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.84 LD (-0.02 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.07 s (-0.02 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 374,503.38 km (-24,594.37 km)
- Light travel time: 1.25 s (-0.08 s) -
#Amazon is asking the #FCC to approve 5,105 massive new #satellites while hiding their orbital debris risk models behind a wall of corporate secrecy. The public deserves full transparency, because a safe and sustainable space environment belongs to all of us — not just to the highest bidder.
https://spacenews.com/amazon-files-application-for-direct-to-device-satellite-constellation/
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#Amazon is asking the #FCC to approve 5,105 massive new #satellites while hiding their orbital debris risk models behind a wall of corporate secrecy. The public deserves full transparency, because a safe and sustainable space environment belongs to all of us — not just to the highest bidder.
https://spacenews.com/amazon-files-application-for-direct-to-device-satellite-constellation/
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1979 #Skylab re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated. Large chunks crashed in Western #Australia. Australian Officials imposed a $400 fine 💵 on NASA for #littering, which #NASA never paid.
The fine was eventually paid on NASA’s behalf in 2009 by US radio host Scott Barley, who raised the money from his radio audience in time for the 30th anniversary of Skylab’s demise https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/114725-first-fine-for-littering-from-space
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1979 #Skylab re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated. Large chunks crashed in Western #Australia. Australian Officials imposed a $400 fine 💵 on NASA for #littering, which #NASA never paid.
The fine was eventually paid on NASA’s behalf in 2009 by US radio host Scott Barley, who raised the money from his radio audience in time for the 30th anniversary of Skylab’s demise https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/114725-first-fine-for-littering-from-space
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In order to obtain compensation from an event where a space object damaged someone’s property back on Earth, the #government of the damaged party’s country would need to make a claim for compensation to the launching country through diplomatic channels. There has only been one successful invocation of the Liability Convention, when the Soviet Union’s Cosmos 954 satellite fell into #Canada in 1978 https://law.stanford.edu/2025/08/22/who-takes-out-the-trash-in-space/
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In order to obtain compensation from an event where a space object damaged someone’s property back on Earth, the #government of the damaged party’s country would need to make a claim for compensation to the launching country through diplomatic channels. There has only been one successful invocation of the Liability Convention, when the Soviet Union’s Cosmos 954 satellite fell into #Canada in 1978 https://law.stanford.edu/2025/08/22/who-takes-out-the-trash-in-space/
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#Starship executed a landing flip, landing burn, and soft splashdown, coming to rest intact in the Indian Ocean 🌊 and providing critical views of an #intact heatshield for the first time https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-13
If you believe you have identified a piece of debris, please contact the #SpaceX #Debris Hotline at 📞 1-866-623-0234 or at ✉️ [email protected] https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-7
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#Starship executed a landing flip, landing burn, and soft splashdown, coming to rest intact in the Indian Ocean 🌊 and providing critical views of an #intact heatshield for the first time https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-13
If you believe you have identified a piece of debris, please contact the #SpaceX #Debris Hotline at 📞 1-866-623-0234 or at ✉️ [email protected] https://www.spacex.com/launches/starship-flight-7
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2026-07-27 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.00 km/s (+0.06 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 9 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 328,178.97 km (-135.66 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.85 LD (-0.00 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.09 s (-0.00 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 399,097.75 km (-23,257.92 km)
- Light travel time: 1.33 s (-0.08 s) -
2026-07-27 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.00 km/s (+0.06 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 9 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 328,178.97 km (-135.66 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.85 LD (-0.00 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.09 s (-0.00 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 399,097.75 km (-23,257.92 km)
- Light travel time: 1.33 s (-0.08 s) -
Plasma Tunnels Reveal How Dying Satellites Fall to Earth
https://spectrum.ieee.org/space-debris-atmosphere-burn-up
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49062120
#HackerNews #Plasma #Tunnels #Satellites #SpaceDebris #EarthScience #SpaceTech
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Plasma Tunnels Reveal How Dying Satellites Fall to Earth
https://spectrum.ieee.org/space-debris-atmosphere-burn-up
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49062120
#HackerNews #Plasma #Tunnels #Satellites #SpaceDebris #EarthScience #SpaceTech
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2026-07-26 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.95 km/s (+0.05 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 10 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 328,314.63 km (+5,270.07 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.85 LD (+0.01 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.10 s (+0.02 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 422,355.67 km (-21,079.03 km)
- Light travel time: 1.41 s (-0.07 s) -
2026-07-26 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.95 km/s (+0.05 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 10 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 328,314.63 km (+5,270.07 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.85 LD (+0.01 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.10 s (+0.02 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 422,355.67 km (-21,079.03 km)
- Light travel time: 1.41 s (-0.07 s) -
2026-07-25 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.90 km/s (+0.04 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 11 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 323,044.56 km (+9,641.39 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.84 LD (+0.03 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.08 s (+0.03 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 443,434.69 km (-18,366.09 km)
- Light travel time: 1.48 s (-0.06 s) -
2026-07-25 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.90 km/s (+0.04 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 11 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 323,044.56 km (+9,641.39 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.84 LD (+0.03 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.08 s (+0.03 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 443,434.69 km (-18,366.09 km)
- Light travel time: 1.48 s (-0.06 s) -
2026-07-24 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.85 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 12 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 313,403.18 km (+13,012.78 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.82 LD (+0.03 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.05 s (+0.04 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 461,800.79 km (-15,317.12 km)
- Light travel time: 1.54 s (-0.05 s) -
2026-07-24 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.85 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 12 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 313,403.18 km (+13,012.78 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.82 LD (+0.03 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.05 s (+0.04 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 461,800.79 km (-15,317.12 km)
- Light travel time: 1.54 s (-0.05 s) -
"Once again, the "Land Down Under" is on the apparent uptick for falling space debris. In early July, the Australian Space Agency reported that objects recovered, dubbed 'space balls,' are likely pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle. This latest incident is part of an unwanted legacy of being the "fall guy" for space remains"
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"Once again, the "Land Down Under" is on the apparent uptick for falling space debris. In early July, the Australian Space Agency reported that objects recovered, dubbed 'space balls,' are likely pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle. This latest incident is part of an unwanted legacy of being the "fall guy" for space remains"
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2026-07-23 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.82 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 13 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 300,390.40 km (+15,402.16 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.78 LD (+0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.00 s (+0.05 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 477,117.90 km (-12,053.53 km)
- Light travel time: 1.59 s (-0.04 s) -
2026-07-23 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.82 km/s (+0.03 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 13 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 300,390.40 km (+15,402.16 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.78 LD (+0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.00 s (+0.05 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 477,117.90 km (-12,053.53 km)
- Light travel time: 1.59 s (-0.04 s) -
2026-07-22 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.79 km/s (+0.02 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 14 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 284,988.24 km (+16,792.88 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.74 LD (+0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.95 s (+0.06 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 489,171.43 km (-8,645.30 km)
- Light travel time: 1.63 s (-0.03 s) -
2026-07-22 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.79 km/s (+0.02 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 14 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 284,988.24 km (+16,792.88 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.74 LD (+0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.95 s (+0.06 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 489,171.43 km (-8,645.30 km)
- Light travel time: 1.63 s (-0.03 s) -
A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
30/2026🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 34,544 (+74)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 16,543 (+82)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,011 (-5)
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,413 (+2)
❓ Unknown objects: 51
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,526 (-5)25 cataloged objects were officially confirmed as reentered since the last update.
#Orbit #Satcat #CelesTrak #Satellite #SpaceDebris #SpaceJunk #OrbitalHoarding
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A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
30/2026🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 34,544 (+74)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 16,543 (+82)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,011 (-5)
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,413 (+2)
❓ Unknown objects: 51
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,526 (-5)25 cataloged objects were officially confirmed as reentered since the last update.
#Orbit #Satcat #CelesTrak #Satellite #SpaceDebris #SpaceJunk #OrbitalHoarding
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2026-07-21 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.77 km/s (+0.01 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 15 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 268,195.36 km (+17,131.43 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.70 LD (+0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.89 s (+0.06 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 497,816.74 km (-5,128.54 km)
- Light travel time: 1.66 s (-0.02 s) -
2026-07-21 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.77 km/s (+0.01 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 15 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 268,195.36 km (+17,131.43 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.70 LD (+0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.89 s (+0.06 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 497,816.74 km (-5,128.54 km)
- Light travel time: 1.66 s (-0.02 s) -
2026-07-20 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.76 km/s (+0.00 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 16 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 251,063.93 km (+16,350.20 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.65 LD (+0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.84 s (+0.05 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 502,945.28 km (-1,518.97 km)
- Light travel time: 1.68 s (-0.01 s) -
2026-07-20 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.76 km/s (+0.00 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 16 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 251,063.93 km (+16,350.20 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.65 LD (+0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.84 s (+0.05 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 502,945.28 km (-1,518.97 km)
- Light travel time: 1.68 s (-0.01 s) -
2026-07-19 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.76 km/s (-0.00 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 17 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 234,713.73 km (+14,431.63 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.61 LD (+0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.78 s (+0.05 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 504,464.24 km (+2,175.04 km)
- Light travel time: 1.68 s (+0.01 s) -
2026-07-19 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.76 km/s (-0.00 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 17 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 234,713.73 km (+14,431.63 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.61 LD (+0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.78 s (+0.05 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 504,464.24 km (+2,175.04 km)
- Light travel time: 1.68 s (+0.01 s) -
2026-07-18 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.76 km/s (-0.01 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 18 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 220,282.10 km (+11,520.76 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.57 LD (+0.03 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.73 s (+0.04 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 502,289.21 km (+5,936.91 km)
- Light travel time: 1.68 s (+0.02 s) -
2026-07-18 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.76 km/s (-0.01 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 18 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 220,282.10 km (+11,520.76 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.57 LD (+0.03 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.73 s (+0.04 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 502,289.21 km (+5,936.91 km)
- Light travel time: 1.68 s (+0.02 s) -
2026-07-17 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.77 km/s (-0.02 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 19 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 208,761.34 km (+8,045.81 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.54 LD (+0.02 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.70 s (+0.03 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 496,352.30 km (+9,724.11 km)
- Light travel time: 1.66 s (+0.03 s) -
2026-07-17 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.77 km/s (-0.02 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 19 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 208,761.34 km (+8,045.81 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.54 LD (+0.02 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.70 s (+0.03 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 496,352.30 km (+9,724.11 km)
- Light travel time: 1.66 s (+0.03 s) -
2026-07-16 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.79 km/s (-0.03 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 20 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 200,715.53 km (+4,734.60 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.52 LD (+0.01 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.67 s (+0.02 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 486,628.19 km (+13,453.59 km)
- Light travel time: 1.62 s (+0.04 s) -
2026-07-16 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.79 km/s (-0.03 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 20 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 200,715.53 km (+4,734.60 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.52 LD (+0.01 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.67 s (+0.02 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 486,628.19 km (+13,453.59 km)
- Light travel time: 1.62 s (+0.04 s) -
Startup working with University of Texas focuses on trapping small debris
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Startup working with University of Texas focuses on trapping small debris
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2026-07-15 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.83 km/s (-0.04 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 21 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 195,975.40 km (+2,435.43 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.51 LD (+0.01 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.65 s (+0.01 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 473,212.86 km (+16,992.06 km)
- Light travel time: 1.58 s (+0.06 s) -
2026-07-15 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.83 km/s (-0.04 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 21 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 195,975.40 km (+2,435.43 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.51 LD (+0.01 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.65 s (+0.01 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 473,212.86 km (+16,992.06 km)
- Light travel time: 1.58 s (+0.06 s) -
A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
29/2026🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 34,470 (+115)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 16,461 (+70)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,016 (+2)
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,411 (+1)
❓ Unknown objects: 51 (-1)
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,531 (+43)34 cataloged objects were officially confirmed as reentered since the last update.
#Orbit #Satcat #CelesTrak #Satellite #SpaceDebris #SpaceJunk #OrbitalHoarding
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A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
29/2026🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 34,470 (+115)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 16,461 (+70)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,016 (+2)
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,411 (+1)
❓ Unknown objects: 51 (-1)
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,531 (+43)34 cataloged objects were officially confirmed as reentered since the last update.
#Orbit #Satcat #CelesTrak #Satellite #SpaceDebris #SpaceJunk #OrbitalHoarding
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2026-07-14 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.87 km/s (-0.05 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 22 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 193,539.97 km (+1,749.01 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.50 LD (+0.00 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.65 s (+0.01 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 456,220.79 km (+20,177.77 km)
- Light travel time: 1.52 s (+0.07 s) -
2026-07-14 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.87 km/s (-0.05 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 22 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 193,539.97 km (+1,749.01 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.50 LD (+0.00 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.65 s (+0.01 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 456,220.79 km (+20,177.77 km)
- Light travel time: 1.52 s (+0.07 s) -
@david_chisnall Oh yes. And if we included the enormous costs of energy and drinking water, the environmental costs of the huge datacenters (plus planned #spacedebris) in a time of #climateCrisis! These costs are mainly paid by people living in those regions, not by the users. And by the climate, by biodiversity.
We only have one earth.
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@david_chisnall Oh yes. And if we included the enormous costs of energy and drinking water, the environmental costs of the huge datacenters (plus planned #spacedebris) in a time of #climateCrisis! These costs are mainly paid by people living in those regions, not by the users. And by the climate, by biodiversity.
We only have one earth.
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2026-07-13 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.92 km/s (-0.06 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 23 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 191,790.96 km (+2,874.59 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.50 LD (+0.01 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.64 s (+0.01 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 436,043.02 km (+22,780.02 km)
- Light travel time: 1.45 s (+0.08 s) -
2026-07-13 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.92 km/s (-0.06 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 23 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 191,790.96 km (+2,874.59 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.50 LD (+0.01 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.64 s (+0.01 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 436,043.02 km (+22,780.02 km)
- Light travel time: 1.45 s (+0.08 s) -
2026-07-12 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.98 km/s (-0.07 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 24 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 188,916.37 km (+5,500.40 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.49 LD (+0.01 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.63 s (+0.02 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 413,263.00 km (+24,485.85 km)
- Light travel time: 1.38 s (+0.08 s) -
2026-07-12 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 0.98 km/s (-0.07 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 24 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 188,916.37 km (+5,500.40 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.49 LD (+0.01 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.63 s (+0.02 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 413,263.00 km (+24,485.85 km)
- Light travel time: 1.38 s (+0.08 s) -
2026-07-11 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.05 km/s (-0.07 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 25 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 183,415.97 km (+8,870.22 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.48 LD (+0.02 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.61 s (+0.03 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 388,777.14 km (+24,838.57 km)
- Light travel time: 1.30 s (+0.08 s) -
2026-07-11 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.05 km/s (-0.07 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 25 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 183,415.97 km (+8,870.22 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.48 LD (+0.02 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.61 s (+0.03 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 388,777.14 km (+24,838.57 km)
- Light travel time: 1.30 s (+0.08 s) -
RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/116894989220754308
The #FCC has found an elegant way to avoid having to decide on the side effects: it is only responsible for the use of radio frequencies and for ensuring that #SpaceDebris is avoided. Therefore, others must decide on the effects of the mirror – but who, remains unclear. This means the satellite can now launch. 50,000 satellites 🛰️ are intended to reflect light onto Earth at night so that #SolarFarms can produce energy even in the dark
