Low Earth orbit, where most satellites operate, has become a whirlwind of metal shards and dead, tumbling debris. Anyone with hardware or human crew in orbit knows the drill. Orbital collision warnings can be unremitting. Whether the object is a defunct satellite or a stray hunk of glass from a solar panel that shattered long ago, every item circling Earth is also a potential projectile. And nearly all of this junk, traveling at least eight times as fast as a rifle bullet, can be damaging in ...| IEEE Spectrum
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