The Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) system was developed to assess and incentivize responsible space operations, providing scores based on debris mitigation and collision risk reduction, and ...

as well as its Space Debris Office, which monitors and models the debris environment to reduce collision and re-entry. Its Space Environment Report however also points out that "current levels of ...

at least one satellite is destroyed by a space junk collision. With more than 130 million pieces of debris now trapped in orbit around Earth, the European Space Agency (ESA) expects that figure to ...

With the space ... debris. The number of objects in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and beyond has surged exponentially with the emergence of private companies like SpaceX and OneWeb as well as ambitious ...

Rocket bodies tend to be massive and heat resistant, posing an increased risk. Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space ...

Two years prior, a similar incident occurred when the ISS had to maneuver to avoid a collision with debris from a Russian satellite. NASA has said there are many reasons the threat space junk ...

Space junk has filled up so much of Earth's orbit that it's endangering satellites and astronauts. The company Kayhan Space issues roughly 1,000 space-collision warnings per day. Earth-orbit ...

In the aftermath of the Chinese rocket breakup, McKnight estimated the Polaris Dawn mission's accepted risk of a space debris collision may increase up to 5%. That estimate would have risen closer ...

creating debris that must be monitored and, if possible, maneuvered around to avoid a collision. “For the last 60 years, we’ve been using [space] as if it were an infinite resource,” Lemmens ...

The risks posed by space debris in orbit are growing as more spacecraft are launched, increasing the likelihood of orbital collision. Earlier this year, a defunct Russian satellite came within 10 ...

Could a collision with another object in space set massive asteroid Apophis ... Content continues below This diagram plots Apophis' orbit from two viewpoints and highlights the details of the ...