Discover how space debris tracking technology, automated satellite collision avoidance systems, and active debris removal missions prevent Kessler syndrome and protect orbiting spacecraft. Pixabay, ...
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In 2020, the European Space Agency signed a contract with Swiss start-up ClearSpace SA to "purchase a unique service: the first-ever removal of an item of space debris from orbit," according to ESA.
Space is filled with garbage. More specifically, the low Earth orbit, where most satellites and space equipment spend their time. NASA estimates that there are nearly 6,000 tons of material in low ...
A possible alternative to active debris removal (ADR) by laser is ablative propulsion by a remotely transmitted electron beam (e-beam). The e-beam ablation has been widely used in industries, and it ...
Members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee voted to approve a NASA authorization bill this week, advancing legislation chock full of policy guidelines meant to give lawmakers a ...
Elon Musk vowed this week to upend another industry just as he did with cars and rockets — and once again he's taking on long odds. The world's richest man said he wants to put as many as a million ...
Terrestrial data centers are so 2025. We're taking our large-scale compute infrastructure into orbit, baby! Or at least, that's what Big Tech is yelling from the rooftops at the moment. It's quite a ...
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"What happens if the minimum lethal amount of debris from each satellite does not burn up and reaches the ground intact?" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
With more and more internet satellites launching every year, scientists are growing increasingly concerned about the rising risk of collisions. The CRASH Clock is a new predictor of how much time ...
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at building data centers in orbit, the new inductees to the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 3D-printed housing and more. To get The Prototype in your ...