Space debris
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Space debris, also known as orbital debris, space junk, and space waste, is the collection of defunct objects in orbit around Earth. This includes everything from spent rocket stages, old satellites, fragments from disintegration, erosion, and collisions. Since orbits overlap with new spacecraft, debris may collide with operational spacecraft.
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See also
- Gravity, a 2013 survival film centering around space debris
- Liability Convention
- List of large reentering space debris
- List of space debris producing events
- Near-Earth object
- Orbital Debris Co-ordination Working Group
- Planetes, a manga and anime series about the disposal of space debris
- Spacecraft cemetery
- Interplanetary contamination
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