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Space junk: what it is and why cleaning it up matters Cleaning up the space scrapyard ELSA-d consists of two satellites stacked together The first part is a service craft designed to safely remove debris from orbit This is docked with a smaller 'client' satellite that replicates a piece of space debris during test flights, enabling the service craft to effectively catch it in space
Where does space junk come from – and how do we clean it up? Space junk is rapidly proliferating in low-Earth orbit, or LEO, which generates more debris and imperils space exploration International space agencies are creating guidelines to mitigate space junk, while aerospace corporations are designing spacecraft to proactively minimize and even pick up debris Concerted, collaborative efforts on multiple fronts are needed to eliminate existing debris
We have a space debris problem. Here’s how to solve it More than half-a-million pieces of space junk orbit the Earth, and the threat this debris poses to critical satellite infrastructure and future missions is growing
Should we be worried about space debris? Scientists explain Space debris, or space junk, consists of discarded launch vehicles or parts of a spacecraft that float around in space hundreds of miles above the Earth, risking collision with satellites or a space station Debris can also be caused by an explosion in space or when countries conduct missile tests to destroy their own satellites by missiles