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The cylindrical object that survived the burning in the atmosphere of a battery pad discarded in 2011 from the International Space Station hit a home in Florida three years later. Photo: NASA

Space Debris Hits Florida House * Wake Up Call  

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Although the chance of space debris directly hitting humans or property on Earth is relatively low, the risk is increasing as more and more objects are thrown into orbit around the Earth. Scientists and space explorers are calling for coordinated international action to address the problem and prevent catastrophic scenarios in the future
ADRAS-J mission. PR photo, Astroscale

Astroscale has successfully launched the world's first spacecraft to monitor space debris * will meet with a faulty Japanese satellite

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The ADRAS-J mission, which was launched into space to locate a piece of malfunctioning satellite 11 meters long and weighing 3 tons, will set new standards in the field of arrival and active removal of space debris, as well as in the provision of service to malfunctioning satellites in orbit around the Earth.
The actress Ariana de Bos in the movie ISS (from the promo released by the Bleecker Street company)

The International Space Station: how NASA plans to destroy it - and the dangers involved in the film and in reality

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On 19/1/2024, a film titled ISS was released in the US, which describes an international incident that takes place on the space station following a war between blocs. In reality, the astronauts and cosmonauts work together despite the conflict between Russia and the West, but the end of the station is already in sight
Astroscale's new hook will be equipped with a docking device that will allow connecting and 'towing' satellites and launchers and taking them off course

Astroscale unveiled a new satellite for "dead" satellite removal missions

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It will be equipped with a docking device that will allow connecting and 'towing' satellites and launchers and taking them off course
Hubble Space Telescope. Courtesy of NASA

Suggestion: move the grieving to a safe track and prolong his life

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Astroscale's collaboration with the Momentos company offers NASA a commercial solution that will allow the famous satellite - which recently celebrated its 33rd birthday - to be attached and towed to an orbit that will also be cleaned of space debris
space debris Courtesy of the European Space Agency.

Astroscale: Spacecraft and satellite manufacturers should commit to a significant reduction in the number of abandoned objects in space

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Satellite manufacturers, spacecraft operators, and the like, should receive specific and verifiable commitments to limit the number of objects in space in practice, and not just the predicted number of abandoned objects they produce during their activity, and to include in the planning the waste disposal at the end of the vessel's life
Thousands of tiny satellites in orbit. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Scientists call for the signing of an international treaty to eliminate the phenomenon of space debris

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In an article published in the journal Science, the researchers suggest learning from the mistakes in the spread of plastic in the oceans so as not to repeat them in space
Part of the modeling process of the supersonic movement of gases around the falling spacecraft using "computational fluid dynamics". Figure: European Space Agency.

Destructive reentry into the atmosphere: simulation shows how spacecraft die

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The Chinese space station Tiangong. The rockets that bring the components to it enter back into the atmosphere without control. Image: depositphotos.com

An uncontrolled Chinese launcher crashed in the Indian Ocean on Saturday

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The upper stage of the Long March 5 launcher that uploaded a module to the Chinese space station Tiangong about a week ago crashed. These launchers lack a control system for re-entry into the atmosphere
ESA's Laser Ranging Station in Tenerife aims its green laser at the sky. Credit: ESA

A laser observation station will make it possible to identify dangers of satellite collisions and space debris

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The European Space Agency's station in Tenerife is a technology testing facility and an essential first step in making waste reduction widely accessible to all players in space who have an impact on the future of our space environment * It will be able to track satellites even in the sky today
The space station was photographed from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavor during the spacecraft's exit from it for its return to Earth on November 8, 2021. Credit: NASA's Johnson Center

The space station had to change course again to avoid space debris

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The bone in question was a piece of debris created during the breakdown of bone 23106 (Pegasus R/B). This is the upper stage of a Pegasus type launcher, which was launched on May 19, 1994 and broke up on June 3, 1996
space debris Illustration: depositphotos.com

Russia conducted an anti-satellite weapon test in which a downed satellite exploded and the resulting debris threatens the international and Chinese space stations

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Russia conducted an anti-satellite weapon experiment in which an old Russian satellite exploded without prior warning to those responsible for the space sector in the Western armies, the Cosmos 1408 satellite was launched back in 1982 during the Soviet Union
ELSA-d space cleaning satellite. Astroscale PR photo

Astroscale space debris cleanup satellite successfully launched into space

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The satellite will be the first in the world to demonstrate technologies for attachment to space junk and its disposal
space debris Photo: depositphotos.com

clean the outer space

Remnants of satellites, pieces of missiles and other pieces of equipment are currently floating around the Earth and can damage spacecraft and active facilities. A Swiss company will soon begin to try and remove this debris in the largest space cleanup operation to date
Astroscale space debris cleanup satellite. PR photo

Astroscale's space cleaning satellite, leaving for the launch site in Kazakhstan

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The ELSA-d satellite is the first to demonstrate in space the core technologies needed to attach to space junk and remove it from orbit. The company states that this is a significant step towards expanding the service in space orbit and achieving Astroscale's vision of a sustainable space for the benefit of future generations
Space debris endangering active satellites. Illustration: shutterstock, which is based on a combination of photos, among others from NASA

A space station that recycles communications satellites could clean up orbit around Earth and reuse the components

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Space debris from crashed satellites. Image: Johan Swanepoel/Shutterstock

Idea: a space station that will clear the path of communication satellites at an altitude of 36 thousand km; You will get a revenue stream from component recycling

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Documentation of a micrometeoroid impact on one of the cupola module windows of the International Space Station. The Dragon spacecraft that was launched today will bring to the station a device that will monitor one of the impacts of space debris particles on the station to learn how to better protect the lives of astronauts. Source: NASA.

The satellite is in the service of collecting space debris for NASA

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Simulation of the SPACE DRONE satellite developed by Effective Space. PR photo.

Israel's Effective Space signed a contract to extend the life of two communication satellites

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SpaceX launched a used Dragon spacecraft, atop a used Falcon 9 launcher

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Said the Commander of the Space Command of the US Air Force General (four stars) John Raymond as part of the twelfth International Space Conference named after Ilan Ramon that took place at the Air Force Base in Herzliya, 30/1/17. Photography: Leon Rosenblum

The goal of the US Space Command is to prevent war in space

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Illustration of the TeSeR program to return malfunctioning satellites and other objects to the atmosphere to reduce the amount of space debris. Figure: TeSeR Consortium

A European consortium led by Airbus will design systems to bring down malfunctioning satellites

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The observation unit of the International Space Station known as the "Cupola". Source: NASA.

Scary, but not dangerous: a small crack was detected in one of the observation windows of the International Space Station

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Space debris in low orbits. Image: NASA

Israel-USA cooperation for monitoring and preventing collisions in space was signed

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At the Integration Center at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Steve Swanson (left), and his Russian colleagues Alexander Dekvortstov (center) and Oleg Artemyev train next to the Soyuz TMA-12M spacecraft on March 21, 2014, ahead of its launch on the 26th of the month. Photo: NASA/Victor Zelentsov

The International Space Station was diverted from its orbit to avoid collision with space debris * Three astronauts will take off this week

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