- Western Australia space radar to spot orbiting objects as small as 2cm. There are about 250,000 objects in that 2cm to 10cm range. And, if you do the math, that represents about 95% of the debris capable of causing a catastrophic collision in low orbit. That’s stuff no one has a track on. https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/exploration/kessler-syndrome-leolabs-small-objects-orbiting/ 16 comments space
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