What is space junk and why does it pose an increasing risk for Earth? An expert explains
Year after year, humanity is setting new records for the amount of stuff we're sending into the Earth's orbit, spurred mostly ...
Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...
Falling space junk poses growing threat to aviation, warns B.C. researcher
The new study found there's a 26% chance the threat of space junk could shut down a crowded airspace in Europe, Asia or North ...
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Space debris is cluttering our orbit. Can falling space junk hit a plane?
And the rocket fell. It was “one of the largest pieces of debris re-entering in the near past,” EU Space Surveillance and Tracking said at the time. Spain closed part of its airspace along the ...
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Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is ... The research broke down the risks depending on regions of airspace by tracking the highest density of air traffic using 2023 data.
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Falling space junk poses growing threat to aviation, warns B.C. researcher
Wright and his two UBC colleagues used space junk tracking data published by the U.S. military in the decade leading up to 2023. They compared the falling orbital debris with flight data from ...
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Spain's Indra to supply German Air Force with space surveillance radar
Indra has signed a contract with the German Armed Forces' procurement office (BAAINBw) to provide the German Air Force ...