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Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Rocket bodies tend to be massive and heat resistant, posing an increased risk. Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space ...
Toronto Star5d
Space debris is cluttering our orbit. Can falling space junk hit a plane?
And the rocket fell. It was “one of the largest pieces of debris re-entering in the near past,” EU Space Surveillance and Tracking said at the time. Spain closed part of its airspace along the ...
Discover Magazine5d
Space Junk Is Falling in Airplane Flight Paths, but Chances of Impact Is Low
Air traffic controllers now have something new to worry about: space junk. A report warns the risk of parts left over from a launch rocket or other debris plummeting into global flight paths is now 26 ...
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Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space, according to new research. While the probability of space junk striking an ...
Vancouver5d
Falling space junk poses growing threat to aviation, warns B.C. researcher
The size of a large coffee table, it was one of several pieces of space junk that fell on population centres last year. SpaceX via NASA B.C. researchers have found there is a 26 per cent chance ...