Tag: space debris
A 1981 Soviet weather satellite shatters again in orbit
A long-dead Soviet weather satellite has fragmented for the second time, scattering debris through an orbital band where wreckage lingers…
Could China’s debris be a stratagem rather than an accident
A Space Review essay asks whether three Chinese breakups this year were engineering failures or a quiet counterspace strategy.
Chinese satellite in a rare retrograde orbit leaves 43 tracked fragments
US tracking counts 43 fragments after a Chinese satellite in a rare retrograde orbit breaks apart.
UK orbital watch counts 62 re-entries and two satellite breakups
Britain's NSpOC counted 62 re-entries and two satellite breakups in July as the orbital population keeps growing.
Think tank calls debris-making ASAT tests a losing trade
FAS analysis argues debris-creating anti-satellite tests offer little military value and should be banned.