cosmicpower: Space junk break down 41% — miscellaneous fragments 22% — old spacecraft 13% — mission related objects 7% — operational spacecraft 7% — rocket bodies Doing the math, that is 93% pure junk and only 7% useful satellites circling the earth. More disturbing, 50,000 uncatalogued objects larger than 1 cm (the largest size which modern shielding can likely deflect) are estimated to be spinning through space at hypervelocities.

cosmicpower:

Space junk break down

  • 41% — miscellaneous fragments

  • 22% — old spacecraft

  • 13% — mission related objects

  • 7% — operational spacecraft

  • 7% — rocket bodies

Doing the math, that is 93% pure junk and only 7% useful satellites circling the earth. More disturbing, 50,000 uncatalogued objects larger than 1 cm (the largest size which modern shielding can likely deflect) are estimated to be spinning through space at hypervelocities.

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