2019.12.04

Space Junk Piles Up

Relentless accumulation threatens satellites and Earth

Credit: Jan Willem Tulp; Sources: “Space Debris by the Numbers” (information correct as of January 2018), European Space Agency www.esa.int; Space Debris: The ESA Approach. ESA Br-336. European Space Agency, March 2017 ; ESA Space Debris Office discoweb.esoc.esa.int (raw data)

Credit: Jan Willem Tulp; Sources: “Space Debris by the Numbers” (information correct as of January 2018), European Space Agency www.esa.int; Space Debris: The ESA Approach. ESA Br-336. European Space Agency, March 2017 ; ESA Space Debris Office discoweb.esoc.esa.int (raw data)

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