Tag: orbital debris
LeoLabs spots a Chinese rocket stage breaking up days after launch
A Long March 6C upper stage scattered debris just two days after a rideshare launch.
New debris model flags most mega-constellations for runaway Kessler risk
A new model finds most planned mega-constellations would push low Earth orbit into a runaway debris cascade.
Digantara turns on an Indian-built AI network to watch orbit
Digantara's five-node MOSAIC network gives India real-time, homegrown orbital tracking.
Pentagon picks three firms to clean up spent satellites
Three firms join the Pentagon's push to retire spent satellites instead of leaving them in graveyard orbits.
Zone-effect anti-satellite weapons test the space treaty’s WMD ban
Legal scholars are asking whether Russia's pellet-scattering anti-satellite weapon breaks the Outer Space Treaty's ban on weapons of mass destruction.
Boeing narrows Intelsat-29e failure to harness flaw or debris strike
Boeing and Intelsat have traced the Intelsat-29e satellite failure to a short circuit likely caused by a harness vulnerability or…