Space the Final Junkyard

EU SPACE: The Final Junkyard INFRASTRUCTURE Position of Satellites in Orbit LEO Zone (Low Earth Orbit) MEO Zone 595km* Hubble Space Telescope (Medium Earth Orbit) HEO Zone (High Earth Orbit) 290km* Space Shuttle 20,350km* GPS Satellites (Global Positioning System) not to scale *approx orbit heights -340km* International Space Station 35,786km* GEO (Geosynchronous) & GSO (Geostationary) Satellites 885 - 1,000km* Area for most Space Debriş Showing the Númber of Satellites in Orbiti 6,000 satellites have been put into space. Today, approximately 800 satellites are operational Facts about Space Debris How much damage can space debris do The Amount of Space Debris An example of the damage caused, a tiny speck of paint from a satellite once dug a pit in a space shuttle window nearly a quarter-inch wide. 19,000 Objects larger than 10cm (size of this box) 1mm metal chip could do as much damage as a .22-caliber long rifle bullet. 500,000 Objects between 1 - 10cm 1millon+ Objects (number unknown) less than 1cm (size of box opposite) A pea-sized ball moving this fast is as dangerous as a 400-lb safe travelling at 60 mph. Since 1957 4600 launches have taken place. More than 200 objects, most of them rubbish bags, were released by the Mir space station during its first 10 years of operation. The oldest debris in orbit is the 2nd US satellite, Vanguard I. A metal sphere the size of a tennis ball is as lethal as 25 sticks of dynamite. Unusual things to be sent into Space /// Scotty's Ashes When James Doohan Luke Skywalker's Light Sabre The light sabre that Luke himself used to fight the Dark Side is on its own six million mile trip into space. Even Chewbacca was there to see it off. Sweet Potato A top piece of stellar research happened when the Chinese blasted veg into the heavens to see how it would taste once back down on Earth. They found that it was pretty much the same. Cosmic Dancer A sculpture was sent into space to "investigate ... the advantages of integrating art into the living and working environment". Anything you want A Californian company is offering you the chance to send anything you want for a trip into space. Anything you want, as long as it'lII fit in a coke can and isn't too heavy. died in 2005 there was only one place fitting for the ashes of Star Trek's Scotty to be laid to rest. He'll be boldly going until his cask canna take it any longer. EU SPACE: The Final Junkyard INFRASTRUCTURE Position of Satellites in Orbit LEO Zone (Low Earth Orbit) MEO Zone 595km* Hubble Space Telescope (Medium Earth Orbit) HEO Zone (High Earth Orbit) 290km* Space Shuttle 20,350km* GPS Satellites (Global Positioning System) not to scale *approx orbit heights -340km* International Space Station 35,786km* GEO (Geosynchronous) & GSO (Geostationary) Satellites 885 - 1,000km* Area for most Space Debriş Showing the Númber of Satellites in Orbiti 6,000 satellites have been put into space. Today, approximately 800 satellites are operational Facts about Space Debris How much damage can space debris do The Amount of Space Debris An example of the damage caused, a tiny speck of paint from a satellite once dug a pit in a space shuttle window nearly a quarter-inch wide. 19,000 Objects larger than 10cm (size of this box) 1mm metal chip could do as much damage as a .22-caliber long rifle bullet. 500,000 Objects between 1 - 10cm 1millon+ Objects (number unknown) less than 1cm (size of box opposite) A pea-sized ball moving this fast is as dangerous as a 400-lb safe travelling at 60 mph. Since 1957 4600 launches have taken place. More than 200 objects, most of them rubbish bags, were released by the Mir space station during its first 10 years of operation. The oldest debris in orbit is the 2nd US satellite, Vanguard I. A metal sphere the size of a tennis ball is as lethal as 25 sticks of dynamite. Unusual things to be sent into Space /// Scotty's Ashes When James Doohan Luke Skywalker's Light Sabre The light sabre that Luke himself used to fight the Dark Side is on its own six million mile trip into space. Even Chewbacca was there to see it off. Sweet Potato A top piece of stellar research happened when the Chinese blasted veg into the heavens to see how it would taste once back down on Earth. They found that it was pretty much the same. Cosmic Dancer A sculpture was sent into space to "investigate ... the advantages of integrating art into the living and working environment". Anything you want A Californian company is offering you the chance to send anything you want for a trip into space. Anything you want, as long as it'lII fit in a coke can and isn't too heavy. died in 2005 there was only one place fitting for the ashes of Star Trek's Scotty to be laid to rest. He'll be boldly going until his cask canna take it any longer. EU SPACE: The Final Junkyard INFRASTRUCTURE Position of Satellites in Orbit LEO Zone (Low Earth Orbit) MEO Zone 595km* Hubble Space Telescope (Medium Earth Orbit) HEO Zone (High Earth Orbit) 290km* Space Shuttle 20,350km* GPS Satellites (Global Positioning System) not to scale *approx orbit heights -340km* International Space Station 35,786km* GEO (Geosynchronous) & GSO (Geostationary) Satellites 885 - 1,000km* Area for most Space Debriş Showing the Númber of Satellites in Orbiti 6,000 satellites have been put into space. Today, approximately 800 satellites are operational Facts about Space Debris How much damage can space debris do The Amount of Space Debris An example of the damage caused, a tiny speck of paint from a satellite once dug a pit in a space shuttle window nearly a quarter-inch wide. 19,000 Objects larger than 10cm (size of this box) 1mm metal chip could do as much damage as a .22-caliber long rifle bullet. 500,000 Objects between 1 - 10cm 1millon+ Objects (number unknown) less than 1cm (size of box opposite) A pea-sized ball moving this fast is as dangerous as a 400-lb safe travelling at 60 mph. Since 1957 4600 launches have taken place. More than 200 objects, most of them rubbish bags, were released by the Mir space station during its first 10 years of operation. The oldest debris in orbit is the 2nd US satellite, Vanguard I. A metal sphere the size of a tennis ball is as lethal as 25 sticks of dynamite. Unusual things to be sent into Space /// Scotty's Ashes When James Doohan Luke Skywalker's Light Sabre The light sabre that Luke himself used to fight the Dark Side is on its own six million mile trip into space. Even Chewbacca was there to see it off. Sweet Potato A top piece of stellar research happened when the Chinese blasted veg into the heavens to see how it would taste once back down on Earth. They found that it was pretty much the same. Cosmic Dancer A sculpture was sent into space to "investigate ... the advantages of integrating art into the living and working environment". Anything you want A Californian company is offering you the chance to send anything you want for a trip into space. Anything you want, as long as it'lII fit in a coke can and isn't too heavy. died in 2005 there was only one place fitting for the ashes of Star Trek's Scotty to be laid to rest. He'll be boldly going until his cask canna take it any longer. EU SPACE: The Final Junkyard INFRASTRUCTURE Position of Satellites in Orbit LEO Zone (Low Earth Orbit) MEO Zone 595km* Hubble Space Telescope (Medium Earth Orbit) HEO Zone (High Earth Orbit) 290km* Space Shuttle 20,350km* GPS Satellites (Global Positioning System) not to scale *approx orbit heights -340km* International Space Station 35,786km* GEO (Geosynchronous) & GSO (Geostationary) Satellites 885 - 1,000km* Area for most Space Debriş Showing the Númber of Satellites in Orbiti 6,000 satellites have been put into space. Today, approximately 800 satellites are operational Facts about Space Debris How much damage can space debris do The Amount of Space Debris An example of the damage caused, a tiny speck of paint from a satellite once dug a pit in a space shuttle window nearly a quarter-inch wide. 19,000 Objects larger than 10cm (size of this box) 1mm metal chip could do as much damage as a .22-caliber long rifle bullet. 500,000 Objects between 1 - 10cm 1millon+ Objects (number unknown) less than 1cm (size of box opposite) A pea-sized ball moving this fast is as dangerous as a 400-lb safe travelling at 60 mph. Since 1957 4600 launches have taken place. More than 200 objects, most of them rubbish bags, were released by the Mir space station during its first 10 years of operation. The oldest debris in orbit is the 2nd US satellite, Vanguard I. A metal sphere the size of a tennis ball is as lethal as 25 sticks of dynamite. Unusual things to be sent into Space /// Scotty's Ashes When James Doohan Luke Skywalker's Light Sabre The light sabre that Luke himself used to fight the Dark Side is on its own six million mile trip into space. Even Chewbacca was there to see it off. Sweet Potato A top piece of stellar research happened when the Chinese blasted veg into the heavens to see how it would taste once back down on Earth. They found that it was pretty much the same. Cosmic Dancer A sculpture was sent into space to "investigate ... the advantages of integrating art into the living and working environment". Anything you want A Californian company is offering you the chance to send anything you want for a trip into space. Anything you want, as long as it'lII fit in a coke can and isn't too heavy. died in 2005 there was only one place fitting for the ashes of Star Trek's Scotty to be laid to rest. He'll be boldly going until his cask canna take it any longer. EU SPACE: The Final Junkyard INFRASTRUCTURE Position of Satellites in Orbit LEO Zone (Low Earth Orbit) MEO Zone 595km* Hubble Space Telescope (Medium Earth Orbit) HEO Zone (High Earth Orbit) 290km* Space Shuttle 20,350km* GPS Satellites (Global Positioning System) not to scale *approx orbit heights -340km* International Space Station 35,786km* GEO (Geosynchronous) & GSO (Geostationary) Satellites 885 - 1,000km* Area for most Space Debriş Showing the Númber of Satellites in Orbiti 6,000 satellites have been put into space. Today, approximately 800 satellites are operational Facts about Space Debris How much damage can space debris do The Amount of Space Debris An example of the damage caused, a tiny speck of paint from a satellite once dug a pit in a space shuttle window nearly a quarter-inch wide. 19,000 Objects larger than 10cm (size of this box) 1mm metal chip could do as much damage as a .22-caliber long rifle bullet. 500,000 Objects between 1 - 10cm 1millon+ Objects (number unknown) less than 1cm (size of box opposite) A pea-sized ball moving this fast is as dangerous as a 400-lb safe travelling at 60 mph. Since 1957 4600 launches have taken place. More than 200 objects, most of them rubbish bags, were released by the Mir space station during its first 10 years of operation. The oldest debris in orbit is the 2nd US satellite, Vanguard I. A metal sphere the size of a tennis ball is as lethal as 25 sticks of dynamite. Unusual things to be sent into Space /// Scotty's Ashes When James Doohan Luke Skywalker's Light Sabre The light sabre that Luke himself used to fight the Dark Side is on its own six million mile trip into space. Even Chewbacca was there to see it off. Sweet Potato A top piece of stellar research happened when the Chinese blasted veg into the heavens to see how it would taste once back down on Earth. They found that it was pretty much the same. Cosmic Dancer A sculpture was sent into space to "investigate ... the advantages of integrating art into the living and working environment". Anything you want A Californian company is offering you the chance to send anything you want for a trip into space. Anything you want, as long as it'lII fit in a coke can and isn't too heavy. died in 2005 there was only one place fitting for the ashes of Star Trek's Scotty to be laid to rest. He'll be boldly going until his cask canna take it any longer.