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Space Trash – Kessler’s Syndrome

All that space junk moves at speeds of up to 27,000 km and each object varies in the direction of measurements that is affected by the Earth’s gravitational field. The Image is the Space debris populations seen from outside geosynchronous orbit (GSO). There are two primary debris fields: the ring of objects in GSO and the cloud of objects in low earth orbit (LEO).

Kessler syndrome or ablation cascade is a scenario proposed by NASA consultant Donald J. Kessler in which the volume of space junk in low Earth orbit would be so high that objects in orbit would be frequently impacted by garbage, thus creating even more rubbish and an increased risk of other impacts on other objects. As the number of satellites in orbit grows and the old satellites accumulate, the risk of this Kessler cascading collision scenario becomes higher. Basically we will be trapped in space junk colliding in the effect of cascading seriously damaging today’s satellites.

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