#space-debris — Public Fediverse posts
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Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?
Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
“Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.
While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.
SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/asia/space-debris-falling-crashing-earth-risk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.WhlN.uAdqod1FWRBC
I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: https://techaptitude.substack.com/p/satellite-collision-avoidance-technology
#Space #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #EarthOrbit #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #SSA #SpaceSituationalAwareness #Satellites #Deorbit #FCC #Regulations
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Is that all? Only ~1 Ton per week?
Last year, the U.S. Space Force issued alerts for nearly 820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
“Re-entries happen each and every day,” "Huge objects weighing a metric ton or more arrive about once a week" according the space collision experts.
While much of the debris incinerates in the atmosphere or splashes into the Pacific, but when it does not - it can land anywhere and on one can predict where.
SpaceX indicates ~5% of the mass of some of its satellites may not disintegrate when they "de-orbit". https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/asia/space-debris-falling-crashing-earth-risk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.WhlN.uAdqod1FWRBC
I wrote about Satellite Collision Avoidance systems here: https://techaptitude.substack.com/p/satellite-collision-avoidance-technology
#Space #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #EarthOrbit #LEO #LowEarthOrbit #SSA #SpaceSituationalAwareness #Satellites #Deorbit #FCC #Regulations
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That article by Mark Hurst is nearly two years old now. Change will probably only start to come when debris comes down in a major metropolitan area.
See this gift article for more recent info:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/asia/space-debris-falling-crashing-earth-risk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2VA.OGvZ.UUZefyuNJ7tT&smid=url-share
#spacedebris #sustainability #megaconstellation #satellites #rockets -
2026-08-03 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.30 km/s (-0.02 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 2 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 125,561.52 km (-47,199.95 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.33 LD (-0.12 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.42 s (-0.16 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 305,223.86 km (+9,089.91 km)
- Light travel time: 1.02 s (+0.03 s) -
2026-08-03 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.30 km/s (-0.02 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 2 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 125,561.52 km (-47,199.95 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.33 LD (-0.12 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.42 s (-0.16 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 305,223.86 km (+9,089.91 km)
- Light travel time: 1.02 s (+0.03 s) -
“Vaporizing a car’s worth of aluminum, other metals, and chemicals in the upper atmosphere, every hour, indefinitely? Not good.”
#spacedebris #space #sustainability #satellites #megaconstellationhttps://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/musks-space-junk-is-a-threat-to-us-all/
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“Vaporizing a car’s worth of aluminum, other metals, and chemicals in the upper atmosphere, every hour, indefinitely? Not good.”
#spacedebris #space #sustainability #satellites #megaconstellationhttps://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/musks-space-junk-is-a-threat-to-us-all/
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2026-08-02 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.32 km/s (+0.01 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 3 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 172,761.47 km (-43,846.51 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.45 LD (-0.11 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.58 s (-0.15 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 296,133.95 km (-1,486.82 km)
- Light travel time: 0.99 s (-0.00 s) -
2026-08-02 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.32 km/s (+0.01 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 3 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 172,761.47 km (-43,846.51 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.45 LD (-0.11 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.58 s (-0.15 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 296,133.95 km (-1,486.82 km)
- Light travel time: 0.99 s (-0.00 s) -
Meme jokes about horrible #AISlop - made by AI image generators - are like artificial 💩 constructed with Space Karen's #spacedebris.
Just 💩.
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Meme jokes about horrible #AISlop - made by AI image generators - are like artificial 💩 constructed with Space Karen's #spacedebris.
Just 💩.
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2026-08-01 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.31 km/s (+0.04 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 4 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 216,552.69 km (-38,167.75 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.56 LD (-0.10 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.72 s (-0.13 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 297,610.02 km (-11,109.63 km)
- Light travel time: 0.99 s (-0.04 s) -
2026-08-01 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.31 km/s (+0.04 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 4 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 216,552.69 km (-38,167.75 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.56 LD (-0.10 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.72 s (-0.13 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 297,610.02 km (-11,109.63 km)
- Light travel time: 0.99 s (-0.04 s) -
"For now, people are more likely to be struck by lightning than by falling space junk. But those odds are shifting. Sean O’Keefe, a former NASA administrator, ... and other experts say that governments and companies should be compelled to use materials that will fully disintegrate. No such regulation exists."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/asia/space-debris-falling-crashing-earth-risk.html
#Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #SpaceSustainability
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"For now, people are more likely to be struck by lightning than by falling space junk. But those odds are shifting. Sean O’Keefe, a former NASA administrator, ... and other experts say that governments and companies should be compelled to use materials that will fully disintegrate. No such regulation exists."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/world/asia/space-debris-falling-crashing-earth-risk.html
#Space #SpaceDebris #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw #SpaceSustainability
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@OGJester Would also make a hole ... If you are interested in #spacedebris, I warmly recommend to follow #astronomer and specialist @sundogplanets !
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@OGJester Would also make a hole ... If you are interested in #spacedebris, I warmly recommend to follow #astronomer and specialist @sundogplanets !
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RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/117014891244909970
I had to look twice if it comes from The Onion. Or if the boss of Space X sit's in that rocket. But both ... no. Unfortunately. The next escalation of #spaceDebris.
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RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/117014891244909970
I had to look twice if it comes from The Onion. Or if the boss of Space X sit's in that rocket. But both ... no. Unfortunately. The next escalation of #spaceDebris.
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#sightmagazine:
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Essay: Rescuing satellites is harder than it looks – a growing space junk problem will make doing so more important
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https://sightmagazine.com.au/essays/essay-rescuing-satellites-is-harder-than-it-looks-a-growing-space-junk-problem-will-make-doing-so-more-important/31.7.2026
#Satelliten #Raumfahrt #SpaceDebris #SpaceFlight #SpaceJunk #Weltraummüll #Weltraumschrott
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#sightmagazine:
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Essay: Rescuing satellites is harder than it looks – a growing space junk problem will make doing so more important
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https://sightmagazine.com.au/essays/essay-rescuing-satellites-is-harder-than-it-looks-a-growing-space-junk-problem-will-make-doing-so-more-important/31.7.2026
#Satelliten #Raumfahrt #SpaceDebris #SpaceFlight #SpaceJunk #Weltraummüll #Weltraumschrott
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2026-07-31 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.27 km/s (+0.06 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 5 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 254,720.44 km (-30,596.47 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.66 LD (-0.08 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.85 s (-0.10 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 308,719.65 km (-18,375.14 km)
- Light travel time: 1.03 s (-0.06 s) -
2026-07-31 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.27 km/s (+0.06 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 5 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 254,720.44 km (-30,596.47 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.66 LD (-0.08 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.85 s (-0.10 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 308,719.65 km (-18,375.14 km)
- Light travel time: 1.03 s (-0.06 s) -
We just filed a formal Reply Comment with the FCC opposing Cowboy Space’s massive 20,000-satellite data center constellation. Instead of addressing the scientific and technical concerns we presented, Cowboy Space relied almost entirely on procedural deflections.
We won't let orbital greenwashing go unchallenged.
Read our full Reply Comment: https://www.spaceenvironmentalism.org/actions/public-statements-and-comments/cowboy-space-reply-comment
#SpaceSustainability #Astronomy #SpaceDebris #Environment #FCC #Tech
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We just filed a formal Reply Comment with the FCC opposing Cowboy Space’s massive 20,000-satellite data center constellation. Instead of addressing the scientific and technical concerns we presented, Cowboy Space relied almost entirely on procedural deflections.
We won't let orbital greenwashing go unchallenged.
Read our full Reply Comment: https://www.spaceenvironmentalism.org/actions/public-statements-and-comments/cowboy-space-reply-comment
#SpaceSustainability #Astronomy #SpaceDebris #Environment #FCC #Tech
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2026-07-30 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.21 km/s (+0.07 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 6 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 285,316.91 km (-22,230.33 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.74 LD (-0.06 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.95 s (-0.07 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 327,094.78 km (-22,774.31 km)
- Light travel time: 1.09 s (-0.08 s) -
2026-07-30 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.21 km/s (+0.07 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 6 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 285,316.91 km (-22,230.33 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.74 LD (-0.06 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.95 s (-0.07 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 327,094.78 km (-22,774.31 km)
- Light travel time: 1.09 s (-0.08 s) -
2026-07-29 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.14 km/s (+0.07 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 7 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 307,547.24 km (-14,039.08 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.80 LD (-0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.03 s (-0.05 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 349,869.09 km (-24,634.28 km)
- Light travel time: 1.17 s (-0.08 s) -
2026-07-29 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.14 km/s (+0.07 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 7 days⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 307,547.24 km (-14,039.08 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.80 LD (-0.04 LD)
- Light travel time: 1.03 s (-0.05 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 349,869.09 km (-24,634.28 km)
- Light travel time: 1.17 s (-0.08 s) -
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) -
2026-07-22 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)
