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Originally posted by roughycannon
Do you have a link? the first thing I though when reading was this:
NASA object
Originally posted by sensairich
hi all just wanted to say hello to this site, very good reading here just wanted to ask if anyone else watched sky news last friday morning 21st jan 6.15 am sky news announced that nasa had made a statement about a huge rocket carrying a us military sattelite into space and it had to delay its launch by 2 minutes due to an object in space, i found this to be a very interesting subject what was the object that was in the way, it must have been big so as to avoid a collision, any thoughts from any one
What Is Orbital Debris?
06.08.10
Graphic showing location of orbital debris
Most orbital debris is in low Earth orbit, where the space station flies. Image Credit: NASA
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Orbital debris (duh-bree) is "junk" in space. It is pieces of spacecraft. Humans have been launching objects into space for more than 50 years.
Most of the "junk" has fallen back toward Earth. About once a day, something falls back to Earth. Some of these objects have landed on Earth. Since most of Earth's surface is water, objects usually fall there. Other objects burn up in the atmosphere. But many of the objects are still in orbit around Earth.
How Big Is Orbital Debris?
Debris can be as small as tiny flecks of paint from a spacecraft. Large debris could be satellites that are no longer working. A lot of orbital debris comes from explosions of objects in orbit. These are often parts of rockets.
Why Is Orbital Debris Important?
Most "space junk" is moving very fast. It can reach speeds of 4.3 to 5 miles per second. Five miles per second is about 18,000 miles per hour. That's almost seven times faster than a bullet. Since it is moving so quickly, a tiny piece of orbital debris can cause a lot of damage. A piece of debris the size of a marble could hit as hard as a bowling ball going 300 miles per hour.
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It had been pushed back two minutes to avoid an object in space that could have been in the path of the rocket, said Michael J Rein, a ULA spokesman.
Originally posted by inthemass
It had been pushed back two minutes to avoid an object in space that could have been in the path of the rocket, said Michael J Rein, a ULA spokesman.
Wonder what it could have been? Space Junk? Debris? Satellitte?
Thoughts? Yes; the govt tracks way over 13,000 bits of orbital debris in orbit. it affects many missions...I don't associate "space object" with UFO in this case.