Siamak Hesar, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:08:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Siamak Hesar, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Expanding the human presence in orbit faces growing risk from space debris https://spacenews.com/expanding-the-human-presence-in-orbit-faces-growing-risk-from-space-debris/ https://spacenews.com/expanding-the-human-presence-in-orbit-faces-growing-risk-from-space-debris/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=516754

Low Earth orbit (LEO) is on the verge of a major expansion in crewed operations, but the proliferation of space debris could threaten these missions and create safety hazards for […]

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]]> https://spacenews.com/expanding-the-human-presence-in-orbit-faces-growing-risk-from-space-debris/feed/ 0 516754 Growing risks in low Earth orbit demand more responsible space behavior https://spacenews.com/growing-risks-in-low-earth-orbit-demand-more-responsible-space-behavior/ https://spacenews.com/growing-risks-in-low-earth-orbit-demand-more-responsible-space-behavior/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=510024

At this very moment, there are over 10,000 operational satellites in low Earth orbit, along with 3,500 decommissioned (or defunct) satellites, tens of thousands of pieces of debris 10 centimeters […]

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