When satellites are launched and undertake missions in orbital space, they create pollution in the form of orbital debris, which damages and periodically destroys other satellites. National entities ...

Astroscale Japan Inc. has announced that it has successfully approached a piece of orbital debris traveling at a high speed to inspect it from a distance of about 15 meters. The Tokyo-based ...

This gives a rough idea of just how incredibly empty Earth’s orbital planes are and why from the International Space Station you rarely notice any such space debris until a small bit slams into ...