Finding space debris
AUG 17, 2009
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.023605
New Scientist : The US government is launching a competition, which will run until the end of 2010, to find the best way of tracking pieces of junk down to the size of a pool ball. Three aerospace companies—Northrop Grumman, Lockheed-Martin and Raytheon—have each been awarded $30 million by US Air Force Space Command to design a “space fence” that will constantly report the motion of all objects 5 centimetres wide and larger in medium and low-Earth orbits. Related News Picks China added to space debris Broken spy satellite hit by US missile Related Physics Today articles Space Debris China Raises Stakes on Space Arms Race Space debris, ITER in State Department fellow’s portfolio
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