ORBCOMM Loses Their OG1 Satellite
The firm is investigating the reason behind the loss of the satellite with the breakup resulting in producing some 34 trackable objects...
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Forrester Reports: IEEE Indicates SpaceX Starlink Constellation will Generate Hundreds of Fragments… Scottish Investor for SpaceX…
The IEEE, in its ‘<em>Spectrum</em>’ report, has calculated the risks of an injury or death at 45 percent over a six year period of time. The IEEE is using data...
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Astroscale Knows How to Clean Up Space… in Technical Cooperation with ESA Regarding Space Debris Removal
There are more than 750,000 pieces of debris larger than 1 cm in size in Earth orbit today; with potentially causing the end of a functioning satellite,
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Additional Funding Received by Astroscale for their Space Debris Capture Mission
This is the fourth round of funding raised by the company based in Singapore and brings the total amount of capital investment to $102 million...
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RemoveDEBRIS’ Test Successfully Cleans Up Space Junk <br />
The U.S. Space Surveillance Network tracks 40,000 objects. It is estimated that there are more than 7,600 tons of ‘space junk’ in and around Earth’s orbit
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‘Duck and Cover’ as the Space Junk from a Satellite Lands in a Farmer’s Field
It's unclear where the rest of the satellite crashed.
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British Association of Remote Sensing Companies Celebrates SSTL as Their New Corporate Member<br />
SSTL has always been an innovator within the industry and this continues with news of the successful commissioning of the RemoveDEBRIS mission
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Russia’s 24th GLONASS Satellite Removed from Operation Resulting in Compromising Global Coverage
According to earlier reports, global coverage will require 24 operational GLONASS satellites, including 18 to cover the Russian territory — 13 of the 26 satellites...
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Successful Space Debris Capture in History Achieved by Surrey Space Center and Surrey Satellite Technology
In the coming months, RemoveDEBRIS will test more ADR technologies: a vision-based navigation system that uses cameras and LiDaR technology to...
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The SSTL RemoveDEBRIS Spacecraft is Successfully Commissioned to Clean Up
Spacecraft operators at SSTL have just completed a series of tests and operations to confirm the functionality of key operating systems such as...
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