Scientists got all excited thinking they'd discovered a new pulsar, but plot twist: it was just NASA's Relay 2 satellite from 1967 having one last cosmic tantrum! 🛰️
Even 57-year-old space junk can still surprise us with mysterious radio bursts. Who knew dead satellites were such drama queens?
“This work describes the developed #SpaceDebris index, which is defined as a risk indicator following the formulation of the Environmental Consequences of Orbital Breakups (ECOB) index. Further development became necessary mainly due to a change in the population orbiting the Earth. The introduction of a large constellation led to a rapid increase in the number of objects, while also highlighting some critical aspects and limitations of the original formulation.”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576525003765
#SpaceDebris #SpaceDebrisTracking
From WTOPNews.com: Northern Virginia students launch new way to monitor space debris
EU Space Act targets space junk, sustainability and cybersecurity
The European Commission has unveiled the EU Space Act, a sweeping legislative proposal designed to transform Europe’s fragmented…
#Europe #EU #spacedebris #spaceexploration #SpaceTechnology #sustainability
https://www.europesays.com/2197392/
Brussels moves to tackle satellite junk in space.
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a new Space Act that seeks to dial up regulatory oversight of satellite operators — including requiring them to tackle their impact on space debris and pollution, or face significant fines.
It’s ‘starting to look like a jungle up there.’
@sundogplanets
It's also the sort of business that I feel like any state foreign intelligence service ought to be willing to fund. Just in case something they regarded as not being useful to them in space needed to be de-orbited in a responsible and timely manner. I feel like we should try to persuade the band to capitalise on that... 🤪
Regardless, astronomers of the world will be willing to give Space Junk Removal Service a listen ❤️
https://spacejunkremovalservice.bandcamp.com/album/critically-reclaimed
#space #spaceJunk #spaceDebris #law #internationalLaw #satellites #capitalism #foreignIntelligenceServices #astronomy #telescope #lowEarthOrbit #lightPollution #radioPollution #spaceJunkRemovalService #music #bands
#SpaceX #starship - the film trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiD8nGD0Q6w ... It's a little bit old but still explodes successfully! 😂
The #climate, the #environment, #nature and the taxpayers say thanks to the #billionaire. #sarcasmalarm
And you need much sarcasm reading the fanboys' comments who have no historic knowledge about how much better rockets once were (I watched the first moon landing live).
The #climate, the #environment, #nature and the taxpayers say thanks to #ElonMusk. #sarcasmalarm #spaceX #starship #trash #spacedebris
@daniel 😆 And with Lego, we had less #spaceDebris.
End of Space – Creating a Prison for Humanity
"'Generally speaking, this is not good for anyone who wants to continue to receive benefits from the use of space. Pieces of debris at that altitude will stick around for years, if not decades. Leaving those rocket bodies at 700-800 km altitude is incredibly irresponsible. China is just beginning to launch its very large constellations so there is time to fix this before it becomes a grave danger.'”
#SpaceX's "four-page letter lists the alleged flaws with AST's paperwork, concluding that its 'orbital debris mitigation plan fails to demonstrate that the FM1 satellite can operate safely and sustainably.' The same document also faults the application for failing to provide more details on how the company will prevent its satellite from disrupting #astronomy, even though AST recently reached a deal with the US National Science Foundation."
#Sonnenstürme verkürzen die Lebensdauer von #Starlink-Satelliten und lassen sie schneller zur Erde zurückkehren.
Durch erhöhte #Atmosphärendichte steigt der Luftwiderstand, was zu unvorhersehbaren #Bahnabweichungen führt. Das erschwert die #Kollisionsvermeidung und könnte das Risiko für herabfallende #Trümmerteile erhöhen. Mit Tausenden Satelliten im Orbit wird das #Weltraummanagement zunehmend komplexer.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.13752
#Preprint #GeomagnetischeStürme #Raumfahrt #SpaceDebris #SpaceX
#ESA & #UNOOSA #SpaceDebris infographics : 26,67 % 📊 #intentional breakup events. Red objects are not yet registered with the #UN, and are expected to rise 📈 https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/ESA_UNOOSA_space_debris_infographics_and_podcast
From a @LiveScience op-ed by @sundogplanets: "#LEO is a valuable resource that must be protected and shared in a way that benefits the most people while simultaneously protecting LEO for use by future generations. We cannot have tens of thousands of #satellites in LEO without severe consequences for the atmosphere and an increasingly high likelihood of #KesslerSyndrome, which will limit our use of satellites for decades to centuries."
@andytiedye European #ESA is developping something like this: https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/Active_debris_removal but it's still a project for the future.
Also some private companies make experiments like this: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/can-worlds-first-space-sweeper-make-dent-orbiting-debris-180978515/ but you know the promises of all the "cleaners" for plastic pollution on earth that never worked.
Indian Space Situational Assessment Report (ISSAR) for 2024 Released
https://www.isro.gov.in/ISSAR_2024.html
PS: Only summary of report.
