EuroNews looks at space debris


 
 
21 September 2007
 
On the island of Tenerife, the Observatorio del Teide sits 2400 metres high on a volcano, intently scanning the Canarian night. Thousands of kilometres away, in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region, one of the world's most powerful telescopes also looks up, similarly seeking tiny targets. Both telescopes have the same mission: to find and catalogue the millions of debris fragments that swarm in orbit near the Earth.
 
 
 
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Gallery

 •  Space debris: evolution in pictures (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Space_Debris/SEMN2VM5NDF_mg_1.html)

More information

 •  ESOC: Focal point for ESA space debris activities (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESOC/SEMU2CW4QWD_0.html)
 •  Space debris spotlight (Part 1) (http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMHDJXJD1E_FeatureWeek_0.html)
 •  Space debris: assessing the risk (Part 2) (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Space_Debris/SEMZL0P256E_0.html)
 •  6th Int. Symposium: Reducing Cost of Spacecraft Ground Systems & Operations (abstracts, PDF) (http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/abstract_rcsgso.pdf)