JAKARTA – About more than 27,000 pieces of space junk were tracked by proprietary Department of Defense sensors Space Surveillance Network. In NASA’s report, this garbage can of course harm spaceflight from Earth and robotic missions.
In fact, space junk can travel at roughly over 25,000 km per hour. NASA explained that with the high speed of movement of debris in space, there is a high probability of a collision risk.
For this reason, it is very important for scientists to always develop science to be able to work on cleaning up space trash.
Quoted from the page Space, Swiss startup ClearSpace plans to launch an Arianespace Vega-C rocket in 2026 that will haul up about 2.3 tons more space debris than its predecessor, the Vega rocket. This capability increase is carried out concurrently with an increase in volume.
As a program of the European Space Agency, Arianespace Vega-C has adapted well over time. This rocket has an attractive physical appearance, reaching 35 meters in height with a diameter of about 3.3 meters.
Previously, the Arianespace Vega-C rocket had made two flights; the first in July 2022 and the second on December 20, 2022. However, because the second flight failed, the Arianespace company is trying to repair the system.
Where Does Space Junk Come From?
If on Earth trash comes from objects that have been used by humans or from decaying natural objects, then where does space trash come from?
The European Space Agency observes that humans have sent more than 12,000 satellites into space since 1957. However, inactive and damaged satellites are left in space and become trash.
The European Space Agency estimates that there are about millions of debris objects in space with different characteristics. Among them there were 36,500 pieces measuring 10 cm, less than 10 cm reaching 1 million pieces, and 330 million measuring about 1 cm or 1 mm.
Each of these debris revolves around the Earth, making it possible to collide with spacecraft or satellites.
According to NASA reports in 1996, a satellite from France was hit and damaged by debris from a French rocket that exploded 10 years earlier.
In 2009, a decommissioned Russian spacecraft collided with a functioning United States Iridium spacecraft. The International Space Station also has to avoid the debris.
Then in December 2022, the ISS (International Space Station) has made self-direction corrections 32 times to avoid space junk since 1999.
The more trash in space, the more dangerous space travel that has been planned in the future. For this reason, the space mission carried out by the Arianespace rocket in 2026 is expected to be able to clean up a lot of space trash and make space travel easier later.
2023-05-13 04:24:01
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