ESA’s 2025 Space Environment Report is here! Find out how Earth’s orbital environment changed in 2024, and why we must now actively remove space debris to ensure a sustainable future in orbit for humankind: www.esa.int/Space_Safety... Here are the key takeaways 👇🧵 - ThreadSky

operations.esa.int • 3 days ago

ESA’s 2025 Space Environment Report is here!

Find out how Earth’s orbital environment changed in 2024, and why we must now actively remove space debris to ensure a sustainable future in orbit for humankind: https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/ESA_Space_Environment_Report_2025

Here are the key takeaways 👇🧵

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satiricalplanet.bsky.social•1 day ago

Earth’s newest monument: a shimmering belt of trash that’s equal parts hilarious and horrifying. Forget national flags or interstellar probe, our true legacy is a glittering ring of junk, proof that wherever humans go, garbage follows.

https://aiwillybillhuman.substack.com/p/humanitys-greatest-contribution-to

stevegartist.bsky.social•3 days ago

Step 1: Ban starlink.

sunwindsolar.bsky.social•3 days ago

The problem with Starlink is that the solution to space debris is to have the satellites re-enter the Earht's atmosphere to be 'burned up. The satellites have a fair amount of aluminum to them, eventually affecting the ozone layer. Interesting trade-off of albedo effect with ozone-hole depletion.

operations.esa.int•3 days ago

Earth’s orbital environment is a finite resource.

Satellites that remain in their operational orbit at the end of their mission are at risk of fragmenting into dangerous clouds of space debris that linger in orbit for many years.

operations.esa.int•3 days ago

On average, more than three intact satellites or rocket bodies reenter Earth’s atmosphere each day.

Yet still not enough satellites leave heavily congested orbits at the end of their mission.

operations.esa.int•3 days ago

2024 saw several major fragmentation events as well as many smaller ones. These events created thousands of new pieces of space debris.

Adherence to space debris mitigation standards is improving, especially in the commercial sector, but there is still much work to be done.

operations.esa.int•3 days ago

Fragmentation events increase the amount of space debris in low-Earth orbit faster than it can naturally reenter Earth’s atmosphere.

Active space debris removal is necessary to prevent this runaway chain reaction, known as Kessler syndrome, from making certain orbits unusable.

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