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    Spent upper stages

    Debris objects in orbit include spent upper stages

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    • Title Spent upper stages
    • Released 18/04/2013 12:00 pm
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      Only 6% of the catalogued orbit population are operational spacecraft, while about 30% can be attributed to decommissioned satellites, spent upper stages and mission-related objects (launch adaptors, lens covers, etc.).

    • Id 290147

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