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ESA Report on Space Debris and Space Debris Mitigation
ESA has Released a Report on Space Debris In almost 60 years of space activities, more than 4900 launches have placed some 6600 satellites into orbit, of which about 3600 remain in space. Less than a third – about 1100 – are still operational. This large amount of ‘dead’ space hardware has a total mass […]