Space Debris Tracking
San francisco tracking and avoiding the growing debris field in low earth orbit was clearly on the minds of speakers on the first day of the satellite innovation 2020 conference.
Space debris tracking. Operators of satellites could use the data to slow down or change the flight altitudes of their spacecraft in case of an imminent collision. Strategic command tracks a majority of the debris in leo via its globe spanning space surveillance network ssn which uses 6 satellites and 30 ground tracking stations to monitor the situation. The map above shows the location of the possible reentry of the space junk 1998 067pk 43598u predicted by modeling of orbital evolution until the fragment or satellite reaches the altitude of nominal burst.
Earth is about to get a temporary mini moon and this one might be space junk. Forecast for 1998 067pk reentry. Human made debris up there dates all the way back to vanguard 1 launched on march 17 1958.
The future of geo space debris u s. Space debris german aerospace center the technology worth 44 5 million euros 52 3 million u s. Space debris and human spacecraft more than 500 000 pieces of debris or space junk are tracked as they orbit the earth.
Operators of satellites could use the data to slow down or change the flight altitudes of their spacecraft in case of an imminent collision. Dollars was designed to detect and monitor space debris in low earth orbit according to the dlr. It might be a standard asteroid but some astronomers say that the mystery object.
They all travel at speeds up to 17 500 mph fast enough for a relatively small piece of orbital debris to damage a satellite or a spacecraft. See stuff in space on github. The technology worth 44 5 million euros 52 3 million u s.
Stuff in space is a realtime 3d map of objects in earth orbit visualized using webgl. The 18th space control squadron at vandenberg air force base california is now providing more meaningful data on approximately 25 000 space objects tracked by the u s.