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Crashes From Space Are Getting More Common, And No One's Sure What To Do About It

Just in May of this year, the Soviets struck a ground target from orbit. Never mind that they didn't intend to; in fact, never mind that there are no 'Soviets' anymore. A piece of Cosmos 482, a rocket ...
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CRASH Clock: A satellite collision in low-Earth orbit could be just days away

Extreme solar activity or even a software glitch could put us just days away from a satellite collision in low-Earth orbit.

A Whole Bunch of Satellites Could Crash Out of Orbit in Just 5 Days

The CRASH Clock is a new predictor of how much time there will be before a collision if a solar storm knocks out power and ...
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NASA to launch spacecraft that will crash into asteroid in the hopes of changing its orbit

In a mission that evokes images of the 1998 film "Armageddon," NASA next month will launch a spacecraft that it plans to deliberately crash into a near-Earth asteroid in the hopes of testing planetary ...

ESA plans a controlled crash in space as Draco satellite heads for destruction

Europe plans to crash a satellite on purpose in 2027. Named Draco, the mission will watch a spacecraft burn from inside, ...
The Verge

Satellites might have days, not months, before nearly crashing into another spacecraft.

Satellites might have days, not months, before nearly crashing into another spacecraft. A group of scientists says their “ Collision Realization and Significant Harm (CRASH) Clock ” estimates ...