Space junk could destroy satellites, hurt economies
AFP
| 2017/05/31 | 445 words
| LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | SPACE
The growing amount of fast-moving space debris orbiting the Earth could lead to catastrophic collisions with satellites, hurting economies, researchers warned Wednesday ahead of a summit to coordinate efforts to remove the junk.There are an estimated 170 million pieces of so-called "space junk" -- left behind after missions that can be as big as spent rocket stages or as small as paint flakes -- in orbit alongside some US$700 billion of space infrastructure.But only 22,000 are tracked, and w...(…)
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