Space debris: accumulation and collection of garbage left on orbit. Space debris is also called space debris, space debris, orbit debris, orbit debris, space debris. Space garbage includes satellites that are not functioning, old spaceships, igniters and rockets, tools and other garbage. Space debris is scattered throughout the Earth. In the space race of the 20th century, space debris began to be placed on the earth's orbit. After the launch of the first satellite Sputnik was launched into space, the human then completed the work.
There must be something in the universe, such as working satellites and the space station. Others are considered as garbage of the orbit, or space. It is difficult to guess exactly how much cosmic garbage is on the orbit of the Earth, but NASA estimates that there was about 5,500 tons of cosmic garbage in 2008. This means that adding all the garbage together is equivalent to about 24 Statue of Liberty. So what exactly is this garbage? Lots of things! For example, the rocket booster fell during the space shuttle launch. The rest of the accidental or intentional explosion. Astronauts, such as gloves, cameras, tools, garbage bags, even lost even strange tools!
Twelve years ago, Australian archaeologist Dr. Alice Gorman started thinking about the historical value of what is commonly called "space junk". Space garbage makes space more dangerous. Satellites are faster than bullets and must avoid crossing intersection path clusters that are constantly rerouting as they bounce away from each other. This process can become snowballs, debris generated by collisions will splash and cause more collisions to satellites that are not functioning at all.
The problems caused by space debris on the spacecraft are obvious. Collisions are always possible when these objects occupy the majority of the earth's low orbit. Some theories suggest that it is impossible to pass through the earth's trajectory as the density of the garbage increases. But more dangerous are millions of fragments less than 1 cm in diameter. The impact on one object has little effect on the spacecraft, but it can cause serious damage to hundreds or thousands of unavoidable solar panels, telescopes, and tracking equipment.