Kessler Syndrome

The Kessler Syndrome is a hypothetical situation in which parts of Earth's orbit are overrun with garbage and objects, making it impossible to use satellites there.

  • According to this scenario, collisions between objects in orbit continue to produce debris, which leads to additional collisions in the future.
  • Scientist Donald J. Kessler of NASA first proposed this notion in 1978 in a study titled "Collision Frequency of Artificial Satellites: The Creation of a Debris Belt."
  • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is the region of the Earth's orbit that is most at risk, according to Kessler, however space flight and medium Earth ....
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