The accumulation of space debris in low Earth orbit (LEO) has reached a dangerous tipping point, according to leading ...

About 40% of disused satellites burning up in Earth's atmosphere these days belong to SpaceX 's Starlink megaconstellation, according to Andrew Bacon, the chief technology officer and co-founder of ...

The unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle has been in space since late December, and it has been used for classified ...

MILAN – National and international debris mitigation standards and policies are evolving rapidly to keep pace with increasingly complex space operations. With several large constellations poised ...

As heads of the world’s great space powers - except for outcast Russia - summit, they are strategizing how to prevent space ...

Space debris, also known as orbital debris or space junk ... Space debris can cause severe damage to space systems, as even a small piece of debris can have a high relative speed and kinetic ...

Orbital maneuvering, also known as deep-space maneuvering, enables propulsion systems to alter the spacecraft's orbit. While ...

Russia was first to get something into orbital space with its 1957 Sputnik satellite ... of damaging or disabling active satellites. The smaller debris that cannot be tracked causes less damage per ...

Space debris, also known as orbital debris, includes all human-made objects that ... In fact, there has already been some minor damage to the Space Station from the impact of millimetre-sized pieces.

Wearing a visor can protect against eye/orbital damage caused by foreign body penetration ... Secondary fragmentations and flying debris from highly explosive improvised explosive devices (IEDs ...

"We were able to reduce the weight by as much as 40% and still have it pass the tests for orbital debris needs." A next-generation space debris protection material is readying for a test trip to ...