The United States, Russia and China are responsible for 96% of orbital debris. Each nation has contributed about a third of the debris. Unable to view our graphics? Click here to see them.

Space-based weaponry has the potential to seriously expand that by encouraging the destruction of large, complicated orbital satellites. As debris continues to build up in orbit, Kessler Syndrome ...

To manage the hazards of orbital debris, we will need continuous monitoring and improved tracking technology alongside deliberate efforts to minimise the amount of debris. Most satellites are much ...

“Our orbital debris mitigation efforts will help preserve the orbital environment to protect services we rely on and allow new services to be launched. In 2022, the FCC approved a new rule ...

A new Japanese mission to photograph space junk from orbit marks a milestone in orbital debris cleanup efforts. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Old rockets, decaying spacecraft and human operations in space leave behind orbital debris that increasingly threatens collisions, menacing a growing space economy. A decade ago the film Gravity ...

NASA had instituted its Orbital Debris Program in 1979 to find ways to create less orbital debris and design equipment to track and remove existing debris. Currently, the sixth U.S. Armed forces ...

This talk will focus on two specific applications: 1. the design of new technologies to detect orbital debris and 2. the evolution of asteroid surfaces. Small (sub-cm) orbital debris poses a serious ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) remains committed to its new rules for the mitigation of orbital debris. Earlier this month, Commissioners voted unanimously to approve an ...

Credit: FCC webcast WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission has clarified, but not altered, rules to mitigate orbital debris. The five FCC commissioners voted unanimously during a Jan ...

Egal described the outcome as a “breakthrough settlement,” that makes it “very clear the FCC has strong enforcement authority and capability to enforce its vitally important space debris ...