FAA Proposes Stricter Disposal Rules to Tackle Space Junk
The administration is seeking a regulation change that would require companies to responsibly deorbit their upper stages.
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The administration is seeking a regulation change that would require companies to responsibly deorbit their upper stages.
The growing case of space junk orbiting around the Earth proves why cleanup is important. A chunk of a default payload adapter that launched in 2013 was the subject of a clean-up mission to rid it from orbit, but it was ironically hit with another space junk that caused it to split into smaller pieces.
The ClearSpace-1 mission was going to chuck a defunct payload adapter to its fiery death, but another piece of space debris got to it first.
The Aeolis satellite's intentional destruction in Earth's atmosphere marks a significant milestone in the quest to ensure a safe low Earth orbit.
A startup geared toward clearing up space junk now has a chance to test its technology after securing a ride to orbit aboard an Arianespace Vega-C rocket.