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Chinks in ISS armour deliver data on space junk impacts
 
14 September 2009   Speeding along in orbit at more than seven kilometres per second, the International Space Station has its surfaces carefully shielded against potentially catastrophic collisions with micrometeoroids or man-made debris. Except, that is, for a trio of unprotected panels until recently attached to an external payload platform of ESA’s Columbus module, specifically intended to sustain impacts from tiny specks of space dust.
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Protected orbital regions as developed by the IADC
Key findings from the 5th European Conference on Space Debris
 
2 April 2009   During the 5th European Conference on Space Debris, 30 March to 2 April 2009, held at the European Space Agency, Darmstadt, Germany, experts from a wide spectrum of disciplines communicated their research results through 100 oral presentations and more than 40 poster presentations.
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Experts speak 2: video highlights from ESA's space debris conference
 
2 April 2009   Video clips from the final sessions of the 5th European Conference on Space Debris, ESOC, Darmstadt. In this clip, ESA and NASA experts discuss mitigation measures and findings from the conference.
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