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4,300 tonnes of space junk and rising: another satellite breakup adds to orbital debris woes

By Sara Webb, Lecturer, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
Christopher Fluke, Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
Tallulah Waterson, PhD Student at the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
The Intelsat 33e communications satellite unexpectedly broke up in orbit, creating at least 20 fragments. How do we track the growing amounts of orbital debris?The Conversation


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