
New system spots space junk more accurately
Friday, December 27, 2019, 7:36 PM
Chinese researchers have improved the accuracy in identifying space junk in earth's orbit, providing a more effective way to plot safe routes for spacecraft manoeuvre. The earth's orbit is nowhere near as dangerous, but after more than half a century of space activity, collisions between jettisoned engines and disintegrated spacecraft have formed a planetary scrap heap that spacecraft need to evade.
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