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  1. Here are some types of space debris12:
    • Asteroids: Rocky, airless worlds that orbit our Sun.
    • Comets: Snowballs that orbit the Sun.
    • Meteoroids: Fragments and debris in space resulting from collisions among asteroids, comets, moons, and planets.
    • Meteors: Meteoroids that enter Earth's atmosphere and burn up.
    • Meteor Showers: Occur when Earth passes through the debris trail of a comet.
    • Meteorites: Meteoroids that survive the trip through Earth's atmosphere and land on the ground.
    • Dwarf Planets: Small, round bodies that orbit the Sun.
    • Kuiper Belt Objects: Objects that orbit the Sun beyond Neptune.
    • Russian SL-16 rocket bodies, aka Zenit upper stages
    • Russia's SL-8 rocket stages and cold-war spy satellites
    • Chinese anti-satellite missile test fragments
    • Earth-observing satellites Envisat and Landsat
    • The Hubble Space Telescope
    • Too many constellation satellites
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    10 Things: What’s That Space Rock?

    • 1. Asteroids Asteroids are rocky, airless worlds that orbit our Sun. ...
    • 2. Comets Comets also orbit the Sun, but they are more like snowballs than space rocks. ...
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  3. List of space debris producing events - Wikipedia

    OBJECTYEARPIECESNOTES
    Fengyun-1C20073,549Intentional collision (ASAT)
    Kosmos 225120091,716Accidental collision with Iridium 33
    Kosmos 140820211,562Intentional collision (ASAT)
    STEP 2 Rocket Body1996756Residual propellant explosion
    Iridium 332009659Accidental collision with Kosmos 2251
    Kosmos 24212008511Disintegrated [citation needed]
    SPOT 1 Rocket Body1986506Residual propellant explosion
    Parus1981482Battery explosion
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  5. List of space debris fall incidents - Wikipedia

    List of space debris fall incidents. Space debris usually burns up in the atmosphere, but larger debris objects can reach the ground intact. According to NASA, an average of one cataloged piece of debris has fallen back to Earth …

  6. Reentries - The Aerospace Corporation

    The Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies (CORDS) Reentry Database documents objects and payloads that have reentered earth’s atmosphere since 2000. Database below is sortable by object name, mission name, reentry type, …

  7. Orbital Debris - NASA

    Feb 13, 2024 · Measurements of near-Earth orbital debris are accomplished by conducting ground-based and space-based observations of the orbital debris environment. Data is acquired using ground-based radars and optical …

  8. ESA - Space debris by the numbers - European …

    Sep 20, 2024 · The latest figures related to space debris, provided by ESA's Space Debris Office at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany.

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  11. Upper stages top list of most dangerous space debris

    Oct 13, 2020 · The report identifies more than 25,000 tracked objects, including satellites, upper stages and debris. While collisions between objects can create additional debris, a bigger concern is the ...

  12. ESA - The current state of space debris - European …

    Oct 12, 2020 · Find out more about ESA’s Space Debris and Clean Space Offices, both part of the Space Safety Programme, and the Agency’s upcoming conference on space debris - the world’s largest on the topic - taking place in …

  13. Space debris | Facts, Removal, & Examples | Britannica

    6 days ago · Space debris, artificial material that is orbiting Earth but is no longer functional. Much of the debris is in low Earth orbit, within 2,000 km (1,200 miles) of Earth’s surface. It is estimated that there are about 200,000 pieces between …

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