Discover how space debris tracking technology, automated satellite collision avoidance systems, and active debris removal missions prevent Kessler syndrome and protect orbiting spacecraft.

Extreme solar activity or even a software glitch could put us just days away from a satellite collision in low-Earth orbit.

Low Earth orbit is starting to look less like pristine wilderness and more like a crowded shipping lane, with thousands of ...

Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed a new way to design Earth-observation satellite missions that could help protect the space environment while continuing to deliver vital data ...

A recent event involving a Russian satellite, the Luch/Olymp, which appears to have disintegrated in orbit, has raised alarming questions about the rising threats posed by space debris. The satellite, ...

New Delhi: With the aim of minimising the risk of satellites' collision in low-earth orbit due to congestion, the Department of Space/Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) opt for operational ...

Space debris poses significant risks to satellites, jeopardizing billion-dollar missions. Companies worldwide, including India-based Digantara and Pixxel Space, use AI to monitor debris and satellite ...

The time between tracking failure and satellite collision has dropped to days, showing how fragile low Earth orbit has become.

Now from airplanes to outer space. We have news of three Chinese astronauts who are finally back on Earth. They'd had to extend their stay on China's space station by more than a week due to space ...

NASA’s orbital debris program officially began in 1979. Lacking an official program designation at the time, it was initiated in the Space Sciences Branch at Johnson Space Center (JSC) as a result of ...