#spacejunk — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #spacejunk, aggregated by home.social.
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"What kind of problem is 34,000 pieces of space junk circling the Earth?
A derelict SpaceX rocket plowed into the moon Aug. 8, reigniting a debate about space junk. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to John Crassidis from the University at Buffalo about the issue.
AYESHA RASCOE, HOST:
The big crash was hidden from telescopes, but astronomers were able to confirm a derelict SpaceX rocket plowed into the moon last week. And that has once again ignited the debate around all the stuff we're firing off into space and sometimes into the moon. Thousands of defunct satellites, discarded rocket stages and the pieces that used to belong to them are orbiting the Earth. So when does all this space junk pose a problem? Is it already a problem? To get some answers, we called John Crassidis. He's a professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University at Buffalo. Welcome to the program.
JOHN CRASSIDIS: Thanks for having me on.
RASCOE: Can you give us a sense of the scale of this problem, and what are the issues that come out of having all of this junk in space?
CRASSIDIS: As far as a scale, a lot of people like to say that space is very big, and I keep saying it's getting smaller every day. So right now, we currently track about 54,000 objects that are greater than about a softball size. And we haven't had that many instances of collisions, but the big one we'd had was in 2009 when two big satellites, Iridium and Cosmos, collided even though we thought we had tracked them well. So we're getting to a point that we have to start to think seriously and not getting into what's known as Kessler syndrome, where we have so many collisions that the probability of colliding is going to be so great that we can't put stuff into space.
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A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
34/2026🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 34,819 (+28)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 16,838 (+29)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,009
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,421 (+1)
❓ Unknown objects: 54 (+4)
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,497 (-6)20 cataloged objects were officially confirmed as reentered since the last update.
#Orbit #Satcat #CelesTrak #Satellite #SpaceDebris #SpaceJunk #OrbitalHoarding
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Holy shit! I set up a time-lapse camera for Aurora last night, just having a click through looking for meteorites 😱 THE SATELLITES!!!!! What do these over-rich fuckwits hope to achieve but filling our sky with junk???? MORE MONEY???? the human race does NOT NEED all that shite zipping around up there, feckin stop you dum c**ts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #satellites #spacejunk #billionairefuckwitclub
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Did you know that solar eclips, like nature and the climate, can't be destroyed by rich people? Oh wait... 😲
Space junk, Musk's starlink, space mirrors and more unnecessary satellites. 🛰️
Nevermind, enjoy the eclipse, because it can always be the last one that's visible from your backyard (if you have one).
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A WEEK IN ORBITAL HOARDING
33/2026🌐️ CATALOGED OBJECTS IN ORBIT: 34,791 (+45)
🛰 Active spacecraft: 16,809 (+49)
💤 Nonoperational spacecraft: 3,009
🚀 Rocket bodies: 2,420 (+2)
❓ Unknown objects: 50
🗑️ Debris >10 cm: 12,503 (-6)22 cataloged objects were officially confirmed as reentered since the last update.
#Orbit #Satcat #CelesTrak #Satellite #SpaceDebris #SpaceJunk #OrbitalHoarding
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Un observatoire britannique surveille avec inquiétude la menace croissante des débris spatiaux.
#SpaceJunk #ElonMusk #NASA
Bangkok Post - UK observatory nervously watches growing space junk threat (accès libre)
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/3297962/uk-observatory-nervously-watches-growing-space-junk-threat -
#ABC / #AP:
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Satellite captures before and after images of SpaceX rocket's Moon crash
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"The first images of the Moon have been released after part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into its surface. A satellite captured pictures that appear to show darker terrain at the crash site. .."7.8.2026
#Danuri #Falcon9 #KARI #Korea #LRO #Mond #moon #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #ROK #SapceDebris #SpaceJunk #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #USA #Weltraummüll #Weltraumschrott
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#MDR wieder mit "Technik aus Jena":
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Müll auf dem Mond
SpaceX Rakete eingeschlagen: Erste Bilder
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"200 Tonnen menschengemachter Müll liegen auf dem Mond – mindestens. Auch Mitteldeutschland hat schon seine Spuren hinterlassen. .."7.8.2026
#Falcon9 #Mond #moon #Raumfahrt #SpacedDebris #SpaceJunk #SpaceFlight #SpaceX #Weltraummüll #Weltraumschrott
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another superb cartoon by top Flemish cartoonist #Lectrr
(no longer on mastodon, last seen as @lectrr)
note: they're usually only in Flemish. Source: https://www.standaard.be/tag/lectrr/
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@Jefe_Winski Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon.
Although no one seems to have captured an image of the impact, scientists detected signals confirming the rocket hit the lunar surface. Orbiters could provide the first images of the crash site soon.
https://www.wired.com/story/nobody-saw-spacex-rocket-moon-crash/
#ElonMusk #SpaceX #SpaceJunk #ELO #TicketToTheMoon #Falcon9 #Trash
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"In April 2029, a Massive Asteroid Will Just Miss Earth. Scientists Are Worried There Could Still Be Major Consequences
In April 2029, a rare visitor is going to swing through near-Earth space.
Asteroid 99942 Apophis – a chunk of space rock around 370 meters (1,210 feet) long – is going to sail past within hailing distance, less than 32,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) from Earth.
Scientists have crunched, and re-crunched, and crunched the numbers again for good measure, and they're as certain as they can be that Apophis poses no imminent threat to the inhabitants of Earth.
But do the inhabitants of Earth pose a threat to Apophis? Well, the answer to that question is a surprising maybe, according to a paper published in *The Planetary Science Journal*.
In particular, our penchant for littering near-Earth space with junk could jeopardize a once-in-a-lifetime scientific opportunity, according to physicist Giulia Schettino and astrodynamicist Alessandro Rossi of the Institute of Applied Physics 'Nello Carrara' (IFAC) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR).
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Apophis's close flyby could transform our understanding of asteroids.
As it skims within a cooee of Earth, our planet's gravity will tug on it strongly enough to alter its spin, potentially trigger landslides and even asteroid quakes, and perhaps reveal what's hidden beneath its surface."
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Gawd. So now Elon’s incompetent company is going to be the first private company to “unintentionally” pollute a celestial body other than the Earth.
Brav-fricking-O
https://www.youtube.com/live/9J9-U307w7U?si=hx6hahGGsfIEXtNM
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RE: https://sfba.social/@drahardja/117040839715903271
One hour until impact.
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Happening tonight!
Wednesday, August 5 at approximately 06:35 UTC. (which is August 4 10:35 pm Pacific Standard Time) a SpaceX Rocket Is Set To Crash Into the Moon, and you can watch!
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-spacex-rocket-set-to-crash-into-moon-everything-we-know-12228799
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#hwatweekly #currenteventspodcast #spacex #spacenews #spacejunk -
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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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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Space salvage games vs reality: how Hardspace and Clearspace compare on orbital debris removal
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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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The Guardian: Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/31/spacex-rocket-moon-collision
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A discarded #SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the #moon
The rocket’s upper stage will unintentionally slam into the moon Wednesday, carving out a crater & sending up a plume of dust & rubble.
#Space tracking expert Bill Gray predicts an impact of 5,400 mph—7X the speed of sound—near Einstein Crater.
While scientists are not too concerned about this particular piece of #SpaceJunk, it highlights the growing threat as more & more items cram into orbit.
https://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-moon-crash-512c4dd708b4cda1160d30b764f9fdb5 -
#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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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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Whoop whoop 🙌🏻 ! SpaceX (XAI) to zero! Three two one 💥 #spacex #xai #grift #spacejunk #climatechange #muskcunt
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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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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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🚀 Because apparently, what the world really needed was yet another way to watch space junk in real time, now with the added bonus of pointing your phone at the sky and pretending you're at NASA! 🌌 Don't worry, you've got a #privacy policy to keep your augmented reality ambitions grounded. 📱🌠
https://nagylukas.github.io/orbit.html #spacejunk #augmentedreality #NASA #technews #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀 Oh joy, #SpaceX is launching 100,000 more #satellites so that your #internet can finally keep up with your neighbor's cat meme obsession. 🤦♂️ Because clearly, what Earth needs is more space junk and less #bandwidth to complain about. 🌌💥
https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/spacex-wants-to-launch-100000-more-starlink-satellites/ #SpaceJunk #CatMemes #HackerNews #ngated
