The future evolution of the debris environment will be forecast on the basis of traffic models and possible hazard mitigation practices. The text shows how larg
The mounting problem of space debris in low earth orbit and its threat to the operation of application satellites has been increasingly recognized as space acti
Scientists have identified at least 100 million pieces of space debris—from paint chips to nonoperational zombie satellites—floating in Earth's orbit. And o
Derelict satellites, equipment and other debris orbiting Earth (aka space junk) have been accumulating for many decades and could damage or even possibly destro
Since the beginning of space flight, the collision hazard in Earth orbit has increased as the number of artificial objects orbiting the Earth has grown. Spacecr