Space debris
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 LEO - the region of space within 2,000 km of the Earth's surface |
 GEO image |
 GEO Polar image |
 Aluminum oxide slag as a byproduct of Solid rocket motors are potentially a significant source of centimeter sized orbital debris |
 titanium motor casing of a Delta 2 third stage, weighing about 70 kg, landed in Saudi Arabia about 240 km from the capital of Riyadh, 21 January 2001 |
 Spent Delta 2 second stage in space. Photographed by the XSS-10 satellite |
 main propellant tank of the second stage of a Delta 2 launch vehicle which landed near Georgetown, TX, on 22 January 1997 |
 30 kg titanium pressurant tank survived the reentry of the Delta 2 second stage on 22 January 1997, found near Seguin, TX |
 Delta 2 second stage reentered on 27 April 2000 over South Africa |
 Simulation of what happens when a piece of orbital debris hits a spacecraft in orbit. |
 Space debris impact on Space Shuttle window. |
 Debris hole in a pannel of the SMM Satellite. |
 Debris impacts in returned parts from HST. |
 Debris impacts in a LDEF pannel. |
 Known orbit planes of Fengyun-1C debris one month after its disintegration by a Chinese interceptor. The white orbit represents the International Space Station |
 NASA's Illustration about the impact between an Ariane fragment and the Cerise satellite |
 NASA's Illustration showing the impact risk of debris with the ISS |
 Human-made pressurization sphere stemming from a rocket body that fell in Southern Africa |
 Orbital Debris Lifetime Diagram for High Excentricity Orbits |
 Orbital Debris Lifetime Diagram for Low Eccentricity Orbits |
