Waste of space

• Autores: Madeleine Finlay
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3223, 2019, págs. 26-28
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Earth's orbit is crammed with junk. Since the launch of Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 in 1957, the skies over our heads become increasingly crowded with the objects and debris we have placed or dumped up there. The more of this space refuse there is, the more likely it is there will be potentially catastrophic with working satellites or spacecraft. Here is our guide to what's circling our world and the best ways to deal with it.