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The United States Air Force Space Command is currently working together with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, using the organization's Allan Telescope Array radio observatory to keep track of space junk in Earth's orbits.
Space debris is beginning to become a real problem for... |
2 May 2012
16:01 GMT |
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A piece of space junk from an old Russian satellite will force the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) to seek refuge inside the two Soyuz space capsule docked to the space lab. The debris will zip within 9 miles (14.8 kilometers) from the outpost today, March 24.
The risk is too great for the crew to ign... |
24 March 2012
07:27 GMT |
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In a bid to increase its space situational awareness, the United States is currently testing a new and improved version of the decades-old VHF Fence, called Space Fence. The asset is capable of tracking a large number of small pieces of space junk clogging Earth's orbits.
Every time a rocket is launched into s... |
9 March 2012
14:21 GMT |
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According to analysts, we may be able to keep the cloud of space junk currently clogging Earth's orbits from getting larger for at least 200 years or so. All we have to do is remove about 5 large pieces of debris every year. This objective is not too ambitious, and could be achieved with small investments.The ma... |
25 February 2012
04:46 GMT |
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The CleanSpace One project, currently under development in Switzerland, could finally address an issue that has been growing increasingly complex over the last few years. The endeavor's goal is to create satellites that are able to clean Earth's orbits of debris. Astronomers estimate that as many as 500,00... |
16 February 2012
04:24 GMT |
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A significant number of the 22,000 pieces of large space junk the US Department of Defense keeps track of could be forced to reenter Earth's atmosphere faster than currently possible, in the event of a large solar storm. The conclusion belongs to a new study conducted by investigators with the NASA Orbital Debr... |
31 January 2012
10:08 GMT |
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) had to fire up the orbital outpost's thrusters on Saturday, January 28, in order to ensure that the facility is not impacted by a set of space debris. The orbital junk were produced by a Chinese military test that took place back in 2007.
The Asian nation ... |
30 January 2012
08:18 GMT |
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When the Russian Federal Space Agency announced that it was unable to resume contact with its Phobos-Grunt mission, everyone knew that the spacecraft was going to reenter Earth's atmosphere very soon. Experts now estimate that this will occur around next weekend, on January 15.
The probe launched on November 8... |
5 January 2012
09:33 GMT |
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Namibian authorities discovered a weird-looking metallic sphere in a patch of grasslands located about 750 kilometers (480 miles) away from the capital Windhoek. The object is hollow, and made up of two pieces of metal welded together. Experts had a very tough time determining what it is.
In fact, Namibian official... |
23 December 2011
08:35 GMT |
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The situation aboard the International Space Station has been rather tense over the past couple of days, ever since mission controllers urged astronauts aboard the orbital lab to prepare to take refuge in their life pod if need be. The emergency was caused by an incoming piece of space junk.
The debris could have po... |
24 November 2011
03:31 GMT |
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As the Space Age began, the Soviet Union and the United States started a space race that saw numerous rockets, satellites and astronauts being sent to orbit. Later, when other countries joined, activity levels increased until finally the amount of junk they put in orbit while doing so posed tremendous risks.
Accor... |
7 September 2011
18:01 GMT |
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In the absence of active, aggressive action for removing space junk from low-Earth orbit (LEO), spacecraft and satellite launching to space will soon be at a tremendous risk of destruction during ascent. Experts say that the situation in space is currently reaching a critical status. At this point, the space industry... |
12 August 2011
11:34 GMT |
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Shortly after the space shuttle Atlantis docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, July 10, NASA mission controllers began tracking and monitoring a set of space debris that pose a danger to both spacecraft as they spin around the planet. The space junk is apparently on an orbit that takes it very cl... |
11 July 2011
03:04 GMT |
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The crew evacuation that was ordered aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on June 28 brings the issue of space junk back into the spotlight. The need to act to solve this issue is constantly growing. Space debris, or space junk, are a collection of materials and components that belong to past mission to space... |
29 June 2011
10:58 GMT |
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An imminent threat from pass space debris forced the six members of Expedition 28 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to take refuge aboard the two Russian-built Soyuz space capsules that act as lifeboats for the crew. Mission Control announced that an important piece of space junk was on its way to the stat... |
28 June 2011
10:33 GMT |
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The Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Preparatory Program that the European Space Agency (ESA) proposed as a means to protecting European space assets from destruction has recently been recognized by the European Commission, which agreed to fund the endeavor.
A short while ago, the Commission drew out the main sp... |
18 June 2011
05:57 GMT |
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Spanish researchers announce the development of a new tracking technique, that can be used to determine the motion of objects and spacecraft in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO). The method could also be used for tracking space debris, its creators explain.
The researchers who created the new approach are based at ... |
28 May 2011
03:54 GMT |
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According to a senior official from the United States Air Force (USAF), the number of objects classified as space junk today is bound to increase more than three times over within the next two decades, with disastrous consequences for space programs around the world,Currently, there are more than 50 countries involve... |
10 May 2011
03:36 GMT |
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Over the past couple of years or so, the threat of space junk and debris has been looming increasingly threatening above our planet, and astronomers have been growing equally as concerned about this. Now, an American agency is trying to set the foundations of a new monitoring network. The US Defense Advanced Research... |
15 April 2011
04:26 GMT |
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Scientists have recently found a correlation between the fact that the Sun is undergoing a period of solar maximum and the chance that space junk in low-Earth orbit (LEO) has of becoming even more dangerous to spacecraft and astronauts leaving Earth.
In more than 50 years of spaceflight, people have put massive am... |
6 April 2011
01:41 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced their intentions to build their own space junk monitoring system, which they say could come in very handy during future spacecraft launches.At this point, the United States is one of the very few countries that have such a system in place. The US uses it to ... |
2 April 2011
02:47 GMT |
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According to a US military official, the task of tracking down the massive number of debris in low-Earth orbit should not be the responsibility of a single nation, but rather of all countries capable of using such monitoring technology.
The expert also added that the private sector should be involved as well, give... |
23 March 2011
03:27 GMT |
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Scientists with the American space agency are proposing the use of ground-based laser system for cleaning up debris in low-Earth orbit (LEO). The system could be constructed inexpensively, but it will provide satellite operators with more room for their spacecraft. At this point, Earth is surrounded by tens of thousa... |
14 March 2011
06:57 GMT |
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Over the past few years, the growing threat of orbital debris has prompted the American space agency to develop a series of initiatives aimed at dealing with the problem. Experts with the National Research Council (NRC) have now formed a panel to analyze the proposals, and improve them if needed. Earth's orbit i... |
11 March 2011
03:11 GMT |
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A group of analysts believes that there is no possible way of cleaning up Earth's clogged orbit without the establishment of an international fund that would gather the necessary money. Years and years of reckless launches and orbital maneuvers have left their mark on the lower portions of Earth's orbit (LE... |
14 December 2010
10:21 GMT |
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Twelve space vehicles carrying 200 giants nets each, could remove orbiting space junk and make way for a future space elevator, scientists from Star Inc., a company that is receiving funding for the project from DARPA, stated last Friday at the annual Space Elevator conference.DARPA is the research and development pr... |
17 August 2010
09:24 GMT |
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A wayward piece of space junk belonging to a former Chinese satellite zoomed harmlessly past the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, July 29. Experts at NASA decided not to take any actions concerning the six astronauts currently making up the Expedition 24 crew, as they calculated the orbit of the junk with... |
30 July 2010
08:42 GMT |
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ESA's Envisat satellite is already starting to give headaches to the agency as in three years it will be an out-of-use-11-year-old space debris. This 17,636-pound Earth observation satellite launched in 2002 was the biggest non-military observation satellite ever built. It was highly expensive at $2.9 billion bu... |
27 July 2010
04:21 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) announce that engineers are currently researching a new type of radar system, one that could detect dangerous objects in Earth's orbit. The instrument will also be able to produce advance warnings, on which mission controllers will base decisions taken in the heat of ... |
23 July 2010
10:10 GMT |
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In early May, astronomers discovered that a bizarre object was heading for Earth. They were not alarmed because it appeared to be very small, and therefore posed no significant danger for our planet. After it zoomed past, experts were finally able to identify its origin. They now say that the interesting object was i... |
28 May 2010
08:55 GMT |
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Scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are currently meeting to discuss the challenges associated with cleaning up the Earth's orbit. The talks are scheduled to take place between December 8-10, in Chantilly, Va, and they... |
9 December 2009
01:40 GMT |
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Experts at Mission Control in Houston said recently that the International Space Station (ISS) was not forced to deviate from its orbit on Saturday, as initially feared. Scientists tracking pieces of space debris around the station, as well as their chances of impacting the football field-sized laboratory, had determ... |
30 November 2009
01:13 GMT |
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Over recent weeks, a large number of false alarms have prompted Mission Controls in Houston, the US, and in Russia to wake up astronauts while they were sleeping on the space station, and to put them on alert about possible impacts. The International Space Station's (ISS) orbit is currently taking the facility m... |
21 November 2009
04:02 GMT |
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Late this Friday, a chunk of space debris whooshed passed the International Space Station (ISS) at very close distance, triggering concerns for the astronauts' safety. The piece of debris did not buzz past extremely close to the station, Mission Controllers report, otherwise the six members of the ISS crew may h... |
7 November 2009
16:11 GMT |
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According to mission planners for the International Space Station (ISS), the schedule for today's deorbiting of the first unmanned cargo vehicle of the Japanese space agency may be tweaked a little bit, on account of a large piece of space debris, which is flying too close to the orbital outpost. Original plans ... |
30 October 2009
03:43 GMT |
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Astronauts and space-agency officials have known for a long time that rocket, satellite and shuttle launches are leaving behind numerous pieces of debris in the low-Earth orbit. Over the past few years, they have tried to minimize their footprint on the space surrounding the planet, but seem to have failed. At a rece... |
28 October 2009
02:24 GMT |
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With the advent of the Space Age, numerous spacecraft have been sent up to orbit over the years. Some of them are still functioning to this day, relaying back useful information to their control stations on Earth. But many of them are slowly decaying, out of commission, and are littering precious orbital paths, which... |
7 October 2009
09:47 GMT |
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Since the 1960s, the amount of debris in Earth's orbit has increased linearly, NASA experts have recently said. The danger of collision between sensitive spacecraft sent to orbit, including high-tech satellites, space shuttles, and the International Space Station (ISS), has since prompted drastic modifications i... |
29 April 2009
04:17 GMT |
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Fifty years ago, on this very day, the Unites States Navy launched the fourth artificial satellite into space, Vanguard 1, the first satellite into Earth's orbit to be powered by sunlight. Its mission was to test the capabilities of a three-staged vehicle and the effects of the space environment on artificial sa... |
17 March 2008
03:41 GMT |
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