Virginia Tech researcher explores collision avoidance with space debris
August 01, 2024
August 01, 2024
BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 1 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:
For more than six decades, humans have been successfully exploring our universe while also leaving a massive amount of space debris in our wake.
The graveyard of human objects accumulating in low-Earth orbit includes paint flecks from rockets, remnants of spacecraft, and defunct satellites. Objects larger than 10 centimeters are tracked by the U.S. Space Surveillance Network, and to date, more tha . . .
For more than six decades, humans have been successfully exploring our universe while also leaving a massive amount of space debris in our wake.
The graveyard of human objects accumulating in low-Earth orbit includes paint flecks from rockets, remnants of spacecraft, and defunct satellites. Objects larger than 10 centimeters are tracked by the U.S. Space Surveillance Network, and to date, more tha . . .