Thousands of debris particles orbit Earth. Collisions fragment into more pieces — witness the Kessler syndrome cascade.
Orbital View
Satellite Debris Collision Deorbiting
Debris Count Over Time
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Debris Objects
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Active Satellites
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Total Collisions
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Kessler Risk
Time Control
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Mitigation Strategies
Kessler Syndrome: A collision cascade where each impact creates fragments that hit other objects, exponentially increasing debris density. Above ~1000 objects in LEO, the cascade becomes self-sustaining.
Orbital Shells
LEO (200-2000 km): Most debris, ISS, Starlink MEO (2000-35786 km): GPS, navigation GEO (35786 km): Communications, weather