#spacedebris — Public Fediverse posts

🇨🇳 At a perigee of about 396 kilometers and an apogee of 482, the leftover pieces should reenter the atmosphere within a few years.

The breakups are becoming a pattern for the #LongMarch6 family. A 6A stage from 2022 left 533 catalogued fragments, and a 2024 event produced more than 700 pieces.

#China wrote stage-disposal rules in 2023 that call for deorbiting and passivation of spent hardware, yet the failures keep coming https://spacesecuritynews.com/leolabs-spots-a-chinese-rocket-stage-breaking-up-days-after-launch/

#SpaceDebris

Chinese reconnaissance satellite breaks up in rare retrograde orbit

HELSINKI — A Chinese satellite launched into an unusual orbit early this year has suffered an apparent fragmentation…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #China #debris #LongMarch6A #Science #SN #spacedebris #UK #UnitedKingdom #Yaogansatellites
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/760352/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/672746/ Chinese reconnaissance satellite breaks up in rare retrograde orbit #China #debris #Éire #IE #Ireland #LongMarch6A #Science #SN #Space #SpaceDebris #YaoganSatellites

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

#SpaceDebris #SpaceRegulation

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ieeespectrum/116002927434880981

#Starlink is doing one collision avoidance maneuver every two minutes on average. Starlink recently announced they’re moving down to 350 km, shifting #satellites 🛰️ to even lower orbits. Everybody has to go through that really dense shell - including #ISS, including #astronauts.

#SpaceDebris #KesslerSyndrome #SolarStorm

Interesante reportaje corto, sobre basura espacial, en el cual he participado. Emitido en televisión #RTVE. Porque el saber no ocupa lugar: #espacio #BasuraEspacial #divulgación #space #SpaceDebris #dissemination #ESA
https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/la-aventura-del-saber/universo-sostenible-basura-espacial/16124830/

🇩🇪 German #SpaceAgency, #DLR

• #OroraTech is manufacturing eight micro-#satellites 🛰️ that will fly in formation to monitor forest 🌳🌲 fires 🔥 at one-hour intervals using infrared cameras.

• #TALOS is producing five micro-#satellites 🛰️ for tracking wildlife 🦌 and livestock 🐃 as part of the #ICARUS project.

• #PlanetaryTransportation Systems is producing three miniature #satellites 🛰️ for classifying and processing #Earth 🌍 observation 👀 data in #space using quantum technology.

• #RapidCubes uses four micro-#satellites 🛰️ to test bi-directional #DataCommunication for #InternetOfThings (#IOT) 📶 applications in species 🐻 and nature 🌿conservation.

• #Vyoma is launching a small #satellite 🛰️ for the optical monitoring of #SpaceDebris 🗑️ in the size range of a few centimetres 📏.

• #SmallSatellite Competition https://www.dlr.de/en/latest/news/2023/04/small-satellites-winners-of-three-dlr-competitions-selected

Organizations to build the technology to #deorbit ⤵️ #SpaceDebris 🗑️

• #Astroscale
• #ClearSpace
• #Neuraspace
• #ShareMySpace
• #Airbus
• #Vyoma
• #TransAstra
• #Orbex
• #Kyoto University
• #ESA
• #IAU CPS

https://interestingengineering.com/lists/11-organizations-space-debris-problem

#OECD #SpaceSustainability as the next major #societal challenge - Growing socio-economic dependence on #SpaceAssets

📊 Statistics

• Almost 90 countries with a #satellite 🛰️ in #orbit
• Users and applications of #SpaceBased infrastructure
• #Orbital launch history
• Monthly number of objects in #Earth’s #orbits by object type
• Overview of current impacts and related costs of #SpaceDebris 🗑️
• Affected orbits and #space applications
• Operational satellites by type of operator and orbit altitude in low-earth orbits
• Top 50 most “concerning” orbital #debris 🗑️ objects
• Payload clearance attempts in #LEO above 650 km altitude
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/16543990-en/1/3/2/index.html?itemId=/content/publication/16543990-en&_csp_=854a4bce42a0a0ccab7782305a6fe7d7&itemIGO=oecd&itemContentType=book#section-d1e908

#SpaceDebris

Picture : :ccby: :cc_nd: https://www.statista.com/chart/28309/countries-creating-the-most-space-debris

📆 March 15, 2023 10 #European 🇪🇺 #SpaceTech startups

• The #ExplorationCompany 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 - reusable #SpaceCapsules
• #ClearSpace 🇨🇭 - #SpaceDebris removal
• #Neuraspace 🇵🇹 - #SpaceTraffic management
• #Solstorm 🇳🇴 - #SpaceDebris propulsion by magnetic 🧲 field
• #SatelliteVu 🇬🇧 - infrared and #thermal 🌡️ imaging
• #MissionSpace 🇱🇺 - #SpaceWeather monitoring
• #Skyrora 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - #rocket 🚀 with #3Dprinted engines
• #Descartes 🇫🇷 - #data to protect assets against natural #catastrophes
• #Mavuno 🇩🇪 🇹🇿 - #Agriculture 🌱 #satellite data
• #Entocycle 🇬🇧 - create sustainable #insect 🐜 protein from organic #waste

https://www.eu-startups.com/2023/03/to-infinity-and-beyond-european-spacetech-startups-shaping-life-on-earth