"Our behavior with greenhouse gases here on Earth over the past 100 years is having an effect on how we operate satellites ...

SpaceX's latest Starship flight test explosion raises concerns about space junk affecting Earth's stratosphere and ozone layer. Researchers highlight ...

Magdrive is working on three versions of its space thrusters, and because they run on solid metal, they might one day even be powered by space junk collected directly in orbit, turning it from threat ...

Hello Connections, I recently wrote a report on the current legal framework to tackle the problems of space debris and its mitigation. I gained a lot of insights on the current international laws ...

Feb. 27, 2025 — Scientists are designing a satellite and instruments capable of detecting space debris as small as 1 centimeter, less than one-half inch. Debris that small, which cannot ...

As global warming continues, researchers are warning that there will be problems for satellites in low Earth orbit.

26. "The latest mission became a big step forward to providing a 'space road service.'" The volume of retired satellites, broken-up rocket bodies and other space junk in orbit continues to increase.

Space debris is no exception ... Even tiny fragments — many too small to be detected by current tracking systems — can cause huge amounts of damage owing to the sheer velocity at which ...

Space debris consists of defunct artificial materials ... in uninhabited areas. In the current situation, we don’t envision a massive clean-up of the orbits. "In the current situation, we ...

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The latest mission was a test of Astroscale's ... which will allow it to move on to finally docking with a chunk of space junk, as Ars Technica explains: It will be up to a future Astroscale ...