#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

#sightmagazine:
"
Essay: Rescuing satellites is harder than it looks – a growing space junk problem will make doing so more important
"
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

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

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/

The largest piece weighs 45 kilograms. It’s likely that more #SpaceJunk will fall to #Earth 🌎 as more private #SpaceCompanies launch more missions and satellites to space https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/it-aint-no-garbage-canadian-farmer-finds-chunks-of-space-debris-in-a-remote-part-of-saskatchewan/

#SpaceDebris

In 📆 2019, the #Japanese 🇯🇵 #SpaceIndustry had sales of $3 billion 💰. The market is dominated by : #Mitsubishi, #IHIAerospace, #NEC #SpaceTechnologies. These are supported by #Astroscale (#SpaceDebris removal), #iSpace (#rovers and #landers), #Axelspace (#microsatellites), and #GITAI (#SpaceRobots) https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/japan-space-industry-commercialization

In 📆 2019, the #Japanese 🇯🇵 #SpaceIndustry had sales of $3 billion 💰. The market is dominated by : #Mitsubishi, #IHIAerospace, #NEC #SpaceTechnologies. These are supported by #Astroscale (#SpaceDebris removal), #iSpace (#rovers and #landers), #Axelspace (#microsatellites), and #GITAI (#SpaceRobots) https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/japan-space-industry-commercialization

In 📆 2019, the #Japanese 🇯🇵 #SpaceIndustry had sales of $3 billion 💰. The market is dominated by : #Mitsubishi, #IHIAerospace, #NEC #SpaceTechnologies. These are supported by #Astroscale (#SpaceDebris removal), #iSpace (#rovers and #landers), #Axelspace (#microsatellites), and #GITAI (#SpaceRobots) https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/japan-space-industry-commercialization

In 📆 2019, the #Japanese 🇯🇵 #SpaceIndustry had sales of $3 billion 💰. The market is dominated by : #Mitsubishi, #IHIAerospace, #NEC #SpaceTechnologies. These are supported by #Astroscale (#SpaceDebris removal), #iSpace (#rovers and #landers), #Axelspace (#microsatellites), and #GITAI (#SpaceRobots) https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/japan-space-industry-commercialization

In 📆 2019, the #Japanese 🇯🇵 #SpaceIndustry had sales of $3 billion 💰. The market is dominated by : #Mitsubishi, #IHIAerospace, #NEC #SpaceTechnologies. These are supported by #Astroscale (#SpaceDebris removal), #iSpace (#rovers and #landers), #Axelspace (#microsatellites), and #GITAI (#SpaceRobots) https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/japan-space-industry-commercialization

I love the term LignoSat: satellites made of wood (lignum in Latin).

https://www.fastcompany.com/91039069/this-small-wooden-cube-is-actually-a-satellite-thats-being-sent-to-space

#SpaceDebris #LignoSat

🇩🇪 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