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NAME : YASHVI SEKHANI

IU2241240030

SPACE DEBRIS ISHA BHIMANI


IU2241240026
HEER PATEL
IU2241240006
EMAIL ID :
[email protected]

What is Space Debris?


Space Debris are defect human-made objects in space –
principally in Earth orbit – which no longer serve a useful
function.

WASTE IN SPACE
Currently, a thick band of levitating space junk – composed
primarily of broken satellite pieces and discarded rocket
boosters – skirts the Earth. Two or three times a day, a satellite
circling our planet narrowly misses a torent of the orbital debris.
This phenomenon has jeopardized not only current space
travelers, but future missions as well.

There are estimated to be


over 128 million pieces of
debris smaller than 1 cm (0.39
in) as of January 2019. As of
January 2021, the US Space
Surveillance Network reported
21,091 artificial objects in
orbit above the Earth ,
including 4,450 operational
satellites.

The Kessler Syndrome is a theoretical


scenario in which Earth’s orbit is
overpopulated with objects and debris,
preventing the use of satellites in
certain sections of Earth’s orbit. This
theory was put forth in 1978 by NASA
scientist Donald J. Kessler.

Due to a sudden escalation of debris, the


earth has started many ways to prevent it.
One of which is to pull these inactive
satellites down into the Earth’s atmosphere
,where they would burn.

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