NASA: 30% of space debris in orbit - the result of a total of 10 "accidents"
10 missions out of 5160 generated 30% of the total amount of space debris in Earth orbit
Agency NASA and other space agencies, scientific organizations track the wreckage of spacecraft in Earth orbit. With each launch of the rocket, with each incident on the orbit of these debris becomes more and more, and they pose a certain danger to subsequent missions.
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A collision of an apparatus costing many tens and hundreds of millions of dollars with a small debris is fraught with the loss of this apparatus for science / business. At the same time, there are so many debris, and when objects collide in space, they are further divided into more parts, which, when confronted with something else, generate new objects. And so on and so forth - almost a chain reaction. There are even concerns that space debris may make space inaccessible to humans . But few people know that a third of all these debris is the result of only 10 emergencies in space, which can be called “garbage”.
The leader among such missions is the destruction of the Fengyun-1C spacecraft by China. The Chinese destroyed the satellite during a special operation conducted in 2007. China then reported that these were tests, during which the very possibility of remote destruction of satellites in Earth’s orbit was being tested. This operation has greatly complicated the lives of all the MCCs on Earth, as well as the specialists who are responsible for launching spacecraft. Fengyun-1C was the source of 3428 cataloged debris, which is 20% of space debris.
Detailed infographics on the situation in orbit
Since 1957, NASA counted 5,160 space missions, of which only 10 are the source of one third of all the wreckage of devices in Earth orbit.
A huge amount of debris was obtained during the collision of the satellites Cosmos 2251 and Iridium 33. This is the first orbital “accident” when two spacecraft collided in orbit. The clash occurred on February 10, 2009 over the territory of the Russian Federation at an altitude of 788.6 kilometers. The speeds of both satellites were approximately equal and amounted to about 7470 m / s, the relative speed was equal to about 11.7 km / s.
What to do with all this garbage, while no one knows. Various companies, agencies and individuals are developing clean-up projects for near-Earth space, but no one has yet begun the practical implementation of all this.
By the way, I recommend NF the story of J. White “Deadly Debris”. Here it is interesting to talk about future missions to eliminate space debris and the rules for new missions.
Agency NASA and other space agencies, scientific organizations track the wreckage of spacecraft in Earth orbit. With each launch of the rocket, with each incident on the orbit of these debris becomes more and more, and they pose a certain danger to subsequent missions.
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A collision of an apparatus costing many tens and hundreds of millions of dollars with a small debris is fraught with the loss of this apparatus for science / business. At the same time, there are so many debris, and when objects collide in space, they are further divided into more parts, which, when confronted with something else, generate new objects. And so on and so forth - almost a chain reaction. There are even concerns that space debris may make space inaccessible to humans . But few people know that a third of all these debris is the result of only 10 emergencies in space, which can be called “garbage”.
The leader among such missions is the destruction of the Fengyun-1C spacecraft by China. The Chinese destroyed the satellite during a special operation conducted in 2007. China then reported that these were tests, during which the very possibility of remote destruction of satellites in Earth’s orbit was being tested. This operation has greatly complicated the lives of all the MCCs on Earth, as well as the specialists who are responsible for launching spacecraft. Fengyun-1C was the source of 3428 cataloged debris, which is 20% of space debris.
Detailed infographics on the situation in orbit
Since 1957, NASA counted 5,160 space missions, of which only 10 are the source of one third of all the wreckage of devices in Earth orbit.
A huge amount of debris was obtained during the collision of the satellites Cosmos 2251 and Iridium 33. This is the first orbital “accident” when two spacecraft collided in orbit. The clash occurred on February 10, 2009 over the territory of the Russian Federation at an altitude of 788.6 kilometers. The speeds of both satellites were approximately equal and amounted to about 7470 m / s, the relative speed was equal to about 11.7 km / s.
What to do with all this garbage, while no one knows. Various companies, agencies and individuals are developing clean-up projects for near-Earth space, but no one has yet begun the practical implementation of all this.
By the way, I recommend NF the story of J. White “Deadly Debris”. Here it is interesting to talk about future missions to eliminate space debris and the rules for new missions.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/393067/
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