Space Junk

It's Getting Crowded Up There
Nextgov
... in a speech he delivered Wednesday that the portion of space near earth is crowded, home to some 800 satellites and about 20000 pieces of space junk. ...

Space Junk Storm Will up Mission Costs: Experts
ABC News
Space junk -- or "orbital debris" -- can take many forms, ranging from used-up parts and defunct satellites, to fragments of space vehicles, particles from ...

Can scientists make a space elevator?
CNN
Another issue, scientists say, is how to keep the cable, or the elevator itself, from getting clobbered by meteorites or space junk floating around in space ...

GeoEye Dodging Space Junk With Increasing Frequency
Space News
3 at the Strategic Space Symposium here, Schuster said GeoEye has had to maneuver its 10-year-old Ikonos satellite seven times to avoid space junk. ...