What the big deal about #spacejunk? I wrote an article about it! www.melaniermeadors.com/blog/space-j...
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Tell the rest of the story - to replace or augment the 4-5 falling out of orbit daily & significantly polluting the atmosphere.
Falcon 9 launched yesterday morning from Vandenberg & one is scheduled Monday for the same reason.
#SpaceJunk
#SpacePolluters
#SpaceTrash
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From the news coverage available on that day, and the graphic provided by Space.com, it looked like the spacecraft had been flung into space uncontrollably. In point of fact, it had its own on-board propellant, and despite a leak, was able to change its trajectory. Six days into its planned journey, mission control decided to direct the Peregrine spacecraft to burn up in Earth's atmosphere to avoid the creation of space debris in a sensitive orbital space. (Wikipedia) See the previous #instapoetrygram in this series, and its accompanying graphic. Image-top, a 3-line miniature poem, dated early January 2024, with author's name above, accompanied by image-below, an illustration from a news story, also from early January 2024, about an ill-fated lunar exploration journey, with a graphic showing the trajectory of the Peregrine Lander (intended as a Lunar Module), up to 'End of Mission' (labelled in the image). The trajectory describes an arabesque in space. The launch of the Vulcan Centaur spacecraft was a success (depicted in the graphic, including labels for various stages of the launch) as was the second-stage "trans-lunar injection" (TLI), but the Peregrine module failed its space maneuvers, under its own power, shortly after it began its planned 46-day journey to the moon. Img-bottom-left, the logo for Space.com (author of the graphic used). No copyright infringement intended. Fair use only.
An #instapoetrygram written as the craft was still outbound, and looked to be another piece of #spacejunk (The de-orbiting option came later.)
#haiku #SpaceOpera #NightskyPoets #DarkPoetry #SciFaiku
#PeregrineFAIL
#AdAstraAbyssosQue
#InspiredByCircumstance qv. une pièce de circonstance
#writesky
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@beyerstein.bsky.social @skepchick.org This is just #Hubris Not only is it a threat to #DarkSkies, there is now so much #spacejunk orbiting Earth, it could cause set of a chain reaction of destruction.😠
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Starlink could make us Earthbound. #SpaceJunk
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Send all the billionaires to space. No one cares how. #nasa #spacejunk #problemsolvednextproblem #rockets #economics
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So much #Spacejunk
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I fear that if we are bombed in the U.S., we'll fail to recognize the bombs because we'll just assume it's more failed Elon Musk #SpaceJunk.
#Neuralink #SpaceX
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“Some fragments carry paints, fuels, or heavy metals, & their slow breakdown can spread contaminants into nearby currents. Over time the pieces corrode & disperse, but the deep seafloor keeps most of that story out of sight.“ #KesslerSyndrome #SouthPacific #oceans #SpaceJunk
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What the cracks in the Chinese capsule struck by space debris reveal about orbital debris risk, “Some cracks went straight through.” #spacedebris #orbitaldebris #spacejunk
morningoverview.com/some-cracks-...
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More #SpaceJunk Is Plummeting to #Earth. #EarthquakeSensors Can Track It by the #SonicBooms.
singularityhub.com/2026/02/24/m...
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More Space Junk Is Plummeting to Earth. Seismic Sensors Can Track It by the Sonic Booms. #Science #Space #SpaceWeather #SpaceJunk #SeismicSensors #SonicBooms
singularityhub.com/2026/02/24/more-space-ju...
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#starlink #musk #satellites #spacejunk
Seriously worried if I should give up and sell my telescopes and cameras. This is unacceptable, and tragic. 🙁
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What we need is a huge Mega Maid!!! ... #spaceballs #nasa #spacejunk
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#starlink #kesslersyndrome #spacejunk #astronomy #elonmusk
The future of amateur and ground based astronomy.
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🛰️ When satellites and spent rocket stages break up in our atmosphere they leave a layer of lithium pollution in their wake, say international researchers
buff.ly/pzgnTz7
#science #sciencenews #research #stem #facts #knowledge #sciencefacts #spacejunk
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"The authors used atmospheric wind models to calculate the path and potential origin of the lithium plume. They found that the most likely area of origin was on the path of a Falcon 9 upper stage that had reentered the atmosphere uncontrolled over the Atlantic Ocean, west of Ireland, about 20 […]
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I mean who could have seen this coming? Elon Musk's SpaceX #Starlink is #SpaceJunk. Musk loves that people can't complain about Starlink being down in real time because they have no Internet service.
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Tonight Zoe Tenacci of Astroscale comes to talk to the #Oxford #CaféScientifique about how to decongest the near-Earth orbits of the various bits of #spaceJunk now orbiting us.
The #Space Sweepers Cleaning the Orbital Highway
http://www.rowingservice.com/cafescientifique/oxford/ #science #event
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#spacejunk #starlink #musksucks #lightpollution #kesslersyndrome
I had 4 telescopes, sold one recently. Not sure if I just give up and sell the rest. The night skies are just getting ruined. Astronomy was really cool while it lasted.
www.bgr.com/2092238/blue...
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Elon #Musk Under Fire for #Epstein Links, Grok’s Sexualized #AI Deepfakes & SpaceX-xAI Merger
#ElonMusk #X #Twitter #Technology #BigTech #MeToo #Grok #UsPol #InternationalPolitics #SpaceX #xAI #GlobalPolitics #ChildAbuse #Trump #SpaceJunk #satellite #satellites […]
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Mapping the re-entry of space debris with seismometers recording sonic booms:
(gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/science/space...
#SpaceJunk
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The #KesslerSyndrome is no longer just a theory. From GPS failure to maritime chaos, discover how orbital debris threatens the future of global navigation. 🛰️🚢
Read the full analysis here: seawarning.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... #SpaceJunk #MaritimeSafety #Logistics
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There is too much orbiting our little blue planet. Between Starlink and other mega constellations from companies like Amazon and even countries, the risks increase exponentially.
This Season 6 Podcast episode talks about the junk in orbit.
www.spreaker.com/episode/too-...
#podcast #spacejunk
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Using seismic stations to catch re‑entries shows cheap, global coverage-if signal‑to‑noise holds up, we could finally map debris decay in real time. 🤖 #spacejunk
Study Shows How Earthquake Monitors Can Track Space Junk Through Sonic Booms
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As a brand consultant I don’t the ‘terawave’ is landing quite right in the current climate. A ‘wave of tera’… not too far from a wave of terror. In fact in certain parts of England terror is pretty much pronounced tera. #spacejunk #spacepolution #spacenews
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