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Japanese company Astroscale wants to clean up low Earth orbit

Posted by Alanh02
Tags: japan, orbits.low earth, debris, astroscale, world economic forum, author.richard currie, source.theregister
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/16/space_junk_wef_astroscale/

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Title
Astroscale wants to be the world's space garbage collector
Published
Jun 16 2023
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547 words

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    Alanh02
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    I think I'm more surprised that NASA is tracking 27,000 pieces of junk, there must be twice that they can't see

    I think I'm more surprised that NASA is tracking 27,000 pieces of junk, there must be twice that they can't see

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    1. TransientSignal
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      Far more than twice that; The '27,000' number is just for objects larger than 10cm which pose the greatest danger to operational spacecraft. For objects in the 1cm to 10 cm range, estimates...

      Far more than twice that; The '27,000' number is just for objects larger than 10cm which pose the greatest danger to operational spacecraft.

      For objects in the 1cm to 10 cm range, estimates usually are about one million objects and for objects in the 1mm to 1cm range, more than one hundred million.

      Lots of stuff up there, unfortunately...

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  2. Murp
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    Article has been up for 3 hours and not a single planet ES comment yet. I am disappointed in the internet today.

    Article has been up for 3 hours and not a single planet ES comment yet. I am disappointed in the internet today.

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    1. Alanh02
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      Oh now that you have mentioned it I do believe he was

      Oh now that you have mentioned it I do believe he was