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Space Debris Archive

Space Debris

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Health Index – 2026 Space environment report

Collisions lead to collisions – 2026 Space environment report

Number of objects will skyrocket - 2026 Space environment report

Casualty risk on the ground – 2026 Space environment report

Reentry rate remains high – 2026 Space environment report

Changing orbital landscape – 2026 Space environment report

Payloads and objects - 2026 Space environment report

Space Safety for the Moon

Cluster satellite reenters Earth's atmosphere

ERS-2 reentry – how and why is it happening?

Zero Debris key visual

Right on track: Aeolus reentry map

The Zero Debris Charter

Solar Orbiter’s riskiest flyby

Animated depiction of a spacecraft deploying a drag sail in orbit

How do we tackle the debris problem, to secure the sustainability of space long term?

How at risk are space explorers from passing debris?

How much damage can debris do?

Learning lessons from the past on space debris

Using reentries to clean up

Launch rates are dramatically increasing

Collision avoidance: what's the cost?

Satellites and debris take a long time to return

What are satellites up against when it comes to space debris?

Debris, thought to be asteroid, was once rocket to the Moon

Predicted near miss between Aeolus and Starlink 44

Distribution of space debris around Earth

The Teide Observatory – ESA’s wandering eye

ESA's Optical Ground Station

Loving our planet means cleaning it up

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