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This New Statistic on Kessler Syndrome Will Give Anyone Who Cares About Space Travel an Instantaneous Stress Headache
Researchers attempted to quantify the risk of a catastrophic collision in orbit by coming up with an alarming new metric.
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Solar storm could cripple Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites, causing orbital chaos
According to scientists, solar storms could trigger Kessler Syndrome—a scenario in which satellites collide, leading to a cascading, destructive event in Earth’s orbit. A Federal Communications ...
On New Year’s Day, Michael Nicolls, vice president of Starlink engineering at SpaceX, announced that the company will lower ...
CNN — In 1978, NASA scientist Donald Kessler warned of a potential catastrophic, cascading chain reaction in outer space. Today known as "Kessler Syndrome," the theory posited that space above Earth ...
SpaceX has announced plans to shift a significant portion of its Starlink satellite constellation into lower orbits by 2026.
SpaceX has launched about 10,000 satellites into an orbit higher than 550 km. In the coming months, many will be ...
A computer generated image of objects in Earth orbit that are currently being tracked. Approximately 95% of the objects in this illustration are orbital debris, i.e., not functional satellites. The ...
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Starlink satellite is out of control and ‘tumbling’ to Earth
SpaceX has lost control of one of its Starlink satellites after it suffered a malfunction in orbit, Elon Musk’s company has warned. The space internet satellite suffered an anomaly on Wednesday, ...
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