Posted on Apr 26, 2024
Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
441
8
3
4
4
0
A satellite operated by Japanese company Astroscale has chased down a 15 year-old piece of space junk and taken an up-close image of it.
The object is a discarded rocket segment that's about 11m by 4m (36ft by 15ft), with a mass of three tonnes.
It's the first time anyone has managed to rendezvous with so big a piece of space debris.
The object is a discarded rocket segment that's about 11m by 4m (36ft by 15ft), with a mass of three tonnes.
It's the first time anyone has managed to rendezvous with so big a piece of space debris.
Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
Posted from bbc.com
Japan
Space
Posted 14 d ago
Responses: 2
3
3
0
CPT David Tanner
Recover the big stuff and blow up or laser the smaller stuff. It could be dangerous. Some of that stuff is travelling at 1000s of miles per hour.
(1)
(0)
0
0
0
It is crazy how much space junk is up there. Especially a 3 ton piece like the Japan one. Wow.
(0)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google