China Launches 10 Internet Satellites in First Step toward Guowang Constellation

 China has taken its first step toward building the Guowang satellite constellation, launching 10 internet satellites into orbit on Monday to compete with SpaceX's Starlink for global high-speed internet coverage.

Kessler effect - space junk: Intelsat-33e debris threatens all satellites

Roscosmos reported that during observations, experts recorded more than 80 fragments of the European satellite Intelsat-33e, which collapsed the other day.

The cargo ship Progress MC-24 took the ISS away from a collision with space debris

The Russian cargo ship Progress MC-24 took the ISS away from a collision with space debris, Roscosmos reported on the department’s telegram channel.

Decades-old NASA satellite due to re-enter atmosphere, low threat

After almost four decades in space, a retired NASA satellite is about to fall to earth.

Progress MS-20 Raises ISS Orbit By 880 Meters, Taking Station Away From Debris - Roscosmos

 The Progress MS-20 cargo spacecraft, docked to the International Space Station (ISS), has raised the altitude of the ISS orbit by 880 meters during a maneuver to avoid space debris, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said in a statement.

US satellite threatens other spacecraft, Russian scientists warn

A US satellite partially disintegrates in orbit, endangering other spacecraft circling the Earth, Russian scientists said on Saturday.

NASA to monitor debris caused by Russia’s alleged anti-satellite missile test - TASS

Russia’s alleged test of an anti-satellite missile has endangered the International Space Station (ISS) and the crew on board of the orbital outpost, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement.

Russian, Japanese satellites to come within 200 meters of each other on May 19 - TASS

Russia’s Kanopus-V 5 remote sensing satellite and a Japanese earth observation satellite, ASNARO, may come within 200 meters of each other early on May 19, a spokesperson for Russia’s Roscosmos space corporation told TASS on Tuesday.

Lixo espacial: mapa identifica 200 'bombas-relógio' na órbita da Terra

 

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 Cerca de 26 mil objetos feitos pelo homem orbitam a Terra. A maioria deles não funciona mais, mas representa um sério risco.

¿Cómo será la caída del cohete chino a la Tierra?

 

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Australia is 'leading the world' in space junk elimination

 

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La Agencia Espacial Europea quiere limpiar el espacio

 

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Una gigante nube de desechos orbita alrededor de la Tierra. Desde piezas milimétricas hasta satélites en desuso y etapas de lanzamiento rodean el planeta.

Australian led project aims to clean up space junk

 

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NASA dumps 2.9 tons of dead batteries into Earth's orbit

 

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Source of Hazardous High-Energy Particles Located in Sun - Tasnim News Agency

(Tasnim) – The source of potentially hazardous solar particles, released from the Sun at high speed during storms in its outer atmosphere, has been located for the first time by researchers at UCL and George Mason University.

Dead Russian satellite and discarded Chinese rocket are at ‘very high risk’ of colliding in orbit

An out-of-commission Russian satellite and a discarded Chinese rocket orbiting the Earth more than 600 miles above the surface have a ‘very high risk’ of colliding tonight.

Europe Launches Satellite to Start Space Junk Clean-Up Mission

European engineers launched a satellite to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday to track space junk and take it back to the earth, kicking off the Remove Debris project.

‘Catastrophic avalanche of collisions’: Space junk can destroy satellites, scientists say

At least 170 million pieces of rapidly-moving space junk are now circulating in Earth’s orbit and this debris may even lead to a “catastrophic avalanche of collisions” and destroy all working satellites and even threaten economies, scientists said.

Space debris problem getting worse, say scientists

Scientists sounded the alarm Tuesday over the problems posed to space missions from orbital junk – the accumulating debris from mankind's six-decade exploration of the cosmos.

After 10 Years of Development, Japan Launches Space Junk Collector Into Orbit

On Friday night Japan launched an unmanned spaceship containing a ‘space junk collector’ bound for the International Space Station (ISS). The "Kounotori" (stork in Japanese) was attached to an H-IIB rocket and departed from Tanegashima Island in the Kagoshima Prefecture.