#spacedebris — Public Fediverse posts
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Video of the plume from the SpaceX upper stage crash on the moon posted by Jose Maria Madiedo at the Astrophysics Institute of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).
Probably taken at the Sierra Nevada Observatory at Loma de Dilar (2,896 m altitude) in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the province of Granada, Spain.
https://nitter.net/jmmadiedo/status/2085344665562165293#m
https://www.iaa.csic.es/
h/t @Ohsin
#Science #SpaceDebris
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Video of the plume from the SpaceX upper stage crash on the moon posted by Jose Maria Madiedo at the Astrophysics Institute of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC).
Probably taken at the Sierra Nevada Observatory at Loma de Dilar (2,896 m altitude) in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in the province of Granada, Spain.
https://nitter.net/jmmadiedo/status/2085344665562165293#m
https://www.iaa.csic.es/
h/t @Ohsin
#Science #SpaceDebris
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📆 July 5, 1969 Japanese diplomats revealed that a small Japanese freighter 🚢 was hit 💥 by wreckage from a Soviet spacecraft while cruising near the coast of Siberia. The Japanese Government 🇯🇵 apparently had decided not to make a public disclosure of its finding because it did not want to provoke an incident with #Moscow https://www.nytimes.com/1969/07/05/archives/soviet-space-debris-hits-japanese-ship-injuring-5.html
Symbolic image : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cargo_ship_USS_Alhena_(AK-26)_1942_torpedo_damage.jpg
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📆 July 5, 1969 Japanese diplomats revealed that a small Japanese freighter 🚢 was hit 💥 by wreckage from a Soviet spacecraft while cruising near the coast of Siberia. The Japanese Government 🇯🇵 apparently had decided not to make a public disclosure of its finding because it did not want to provoke an incident with #Moscow https://www.nytimes.com/1969/07/05/archives/soviet-space-debris-hits-japanese-ship-injuring-5.html
Symbolic image : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cargo_ship_USS_Alhena_(AK-26)_1942_torpedo_damage.jpg
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These incidents are becoming so common that the #Australian 🇦🇺 #SpaceAgency has put together a trio of steps to take if suspected space debris is discovered.
"Very often they will be made of something like titanium which is really good at surviving. Just don't let them randomly reenter. Bring them down via controlled reentry and then if they are survivable it doesn't matter because you dump them somewhere where there aren't any people" 🤕 https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/metal-spheres-found-in-australia-show-how-little-we-still-know-about-falling-space-debris-experts-say
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These incidents are becoming so common that the #Australian 🇦🇺 #SpaceAgency has put together a trio of steps to take if suspected space debris is discovered.
"Very often they will be made of something like titanium which is really good at surviving. Just don't let them randomly reenter. Bring them down via controlled reentry and then if they are survivable it doesn't matter because you dump them somewhere where there aren't any people" 🤕 https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/metal-spheres-found-in-australia-show-how-little-we-still-know-about-falling-space-debris-experts-say
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Sawchuk said five farmers have found at least eight 8️⃣ pieces of space junk in the surrounding area https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/spacex-cbc-debris-space-junk-sask-1.7231571
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Sawchuk said five farmers have found at least eight 8️⃣ pieces of space junk in the surrounding area https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/spacex-cbc-debris-space-junk-sask-1.7231571
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🇵🇱 February 2025 "The important thing is that no-one was harmed," police spokesperson Andrzej Borowiak said.
A similar piece of debris was discovered in a forest near the #Polish village of Wiry https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62z3vxjplpo
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🇵🇱 February 2025 "The important thing is that no-one was harmed," police spokesperson Andrzej Borowiak said.
A similar piece of debris was discovered in a forest near the #Polish village of Wiry https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62z3vxjplpo
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2025 the #US #SpaceForce issued alerts for ~820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere, compared to 110 a decade ago. Huge objects weighing a metric #tonne or more arrive about once a week.
> 300 rockets launched last year, ~four times as many 📈 as a decade ago. Companies should be compelled to use materials that will fully disintegrate. No such #SpaceRegulation exists.
A one-minute error in predicting re-entry changes the landing zone by around 500km 📏 https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/04/watch-the-skies-what-are-the-chances-of-being-hit-by-a-piece-of-space-junk
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2025 the #US #SpaceForce issued alerts for ~820 objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere, compared to 110 a decade ago. Huge objects weighing a metric #tonne or more arrive about once a week.
> 300 rockets launched last year, ~four times as many 📈 as a decade ago. Companies should be compelled to use materials that will fully disintegrate. No such #SpaceRegulation exists.
A one-minute error in predicting re-entry changes the landing zone by around 500km 📏 https://www.irishtimes.com/world/2026/08/04/watch-the-skies-what-are-the-chances-of-being-hit-by-a-piece-of-space-junk
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A spent SpaceX rocket upper stage crashes into the Moon! https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/science/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-upper-stage-moon-crash-lunar-impact-2026-ujg8ph6g?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #SpaceX #MoonImpact #Falcon9 #SpaceDebris #Astronomy
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SpaceX Rocket Stage Set to Impact Moon After Drifting in Space
📰 Original title: Watch a SpaceX Rocket Crash Into the Moon
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/spacex-rocket-stage-set-to-impact-moon-after-drifting-in-space.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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📦 DELIVERY NOTIFICATION: Oversized package 2025-010D is out for delivery TODAY.
🚀 Driver: SpaceX
📐 Package: 13.8 m x 4 m, 4900 kg hollow cylinder
📍 Drop-off: Near Einstein Crater, The Moon
⏰ ETA: 06:35 UTCDelivery Note: Contactless delivery confirmed via 2.43 km/s impact. No signature required. Package may be slightly flattened or atomized.
How did we do? Please rate our delivery driver! 👇
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📦 DELIVERY NOTIFICATION: Oversized package 2025-010D is out for delivery TODAY.
🚀 Driver: SpaceX
📐 Package: 13.8 m x 4 m, 4900 kg hollow cylinder
📍 Drop-off: Near Einstein Crater, The Moon
⏰ ETA: 06:35 UTCDelivery Note: Contactless delivery confirmed via 2.43 km/s impact. No signature required. Package may be slightly flattened or atomized.
How did we do? Please rate our delivery driver! 👇
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2026-08-05 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.29 km/s (+0.02 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 5 hours⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 20,065.70 km (-56,089.99 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.05 LD (-0.15 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.07 s (-0.19 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 355,827.52 km (+31,327.45 km)
- Light travel time: 1.19 s (+0.10 s) -
2026-08-05 01:00:00 UTC (Delta: 24 hours)
WHERE IS 2025-010D?
- Discarded SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage on lunar intercept
- Geocentric speed: 1.29 km/s (+0.02 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 5 hours⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 20,065.70 km (-56,089.99 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.05 LD (-0.15 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.07 s (-0.19 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 355,827.52 km (+31,327.45 km)
- Light travel time: 1.19 s (+0.10 s) -
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket's Lunar Impact Raises Concerns for Future Moon Missions
📰 Original title: The SpaceX Falcon Lunar Crash Is a Warning for Moon Bases
🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-s-lunar-impact-raises-concerns-for-future-moon-missions.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world
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A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
32/2026🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 34,746 (+28)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 16,760 (+40)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,009 (-2)
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,418 (+2)
❓ Unknown objects: 50 (-1)
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,509 (-11)27 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
32/2026🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 34,746 (+28)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 16,760 (+40)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,009 (-2)
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,418 (+2)
❓ Unknown objects: 50 (-1)
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,509 (-11)27 cataloged objects were officially confirmed as reentered since the last update.
#Orbit #Satcat #CelesTrak #Satellite #SpaceDebris #SpaceJunk #OrbitalHoarding
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2026-08-04 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 (-0.04 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 1 day⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 76,155.26 km (-49,403.17 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.20 LD (-0.13 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.25 s (-0.16 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 324,500.75 km (+19,285.19 km)
- Light travel time: 1.08 s (+0.06 s) -
2026-08-04 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 (-0.04 km/s)
- Lunar impact in: 1 day⚪ Relative to Moon
- Distance: 76,155.26 km (-49,403.17 km)
- Lunar distance: 0.20 LD (-0.13 LD)
- Light travel time: 0.25 s (-0.16 s)🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance: 324,500.75 km (+19,285.19 km)
- Light travel time: 1.08 s (+0.06 s) -
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 -
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