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Hey spaceman, is that some junk in your trunk, is your passive radar just actively happy to see me? Curtin University Astronomers have the answer.

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ASX-listed satellite communications company Sky and Space Global has signed an agreement with the US Department of Defence under which the two organisations will co-operate on ensuring the avoidance of space junk and other satellites threatening their own satellites.

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Monday, 05 July 2010 23:36

Tracking of space junk gets big boost

On July 8, 2010, the first Space Based Space Surveillance satellite is set for launch for its mission to detect and track space objects, including space junk, in orbit about the Earth. The ability to track such objects will increase from thousands to millions.

 

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On Sunday, March 22, 2009, the International Space Station crew and the STS-119 Discovery crew performed an emergency maneuver in order to avoid a piece of Chinese space junk heading straight for them. Where's a space cop when you need one?


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Saturday, 14 March 2009 04:13

Red Alert: Space junk almost hits Space Station

On Thursday, March 12, 2009, NASA ordered International Space Station crewmembers to abandon the Station and hole up in the Soyuz capsule that was docked to the Station for just these types of emergency situations. Several pieces of space debris (junk) were heading toward them, and a collision was possible.

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People of central Texas reported Sunday morning, February 15, 2009, that they saw 'fireballs' streaking across their local skies. Many onlookers thought it was debris from two communications satellites that collided in space earlier in the week. However, officials with the U.S. Air Force Space Command said No.

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On Tuesday, February 10, 2009, the Russian Kosmos 2251 satellite and the U.S. Iridium 33 satellite collided with each other about 790 kilometers (490 miles) above the surface of the Earth. The Secure Earth Foundation is calling for the establishment of a civil space traffic control system to prevent such problems in the future.


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