Events
1957
FIRST PIECE OF SPACE JUNK WAS CREATED
SPUTNIK was the world's first artificial satellite
and it was launched into space by the Soviet Union.
The body of the rocket that took it to space was the
first piece of artificial space junk.1961
Soviet Union launches Vostok 1
with the first human to space.
The 4m long and 4725 kg heavy
spacecraft was a significant piece
of space debris since there wasn't
many space debris during that time.1971
NASA opened an office
responsible for tracking
objects too small to be tracked
by the Air Force but large enough
to cause issues.2001
TES rocket body explotion1970
Nimbus 4 rocket accidental explosion2000
CBERS rocket explosion1965
OV2-1 Rocket body explosion1986
SPOT 1 rocket body accidental explosion2007
Chinese military tested their
anti-satellite technology on one of
their dead satellites and this created
an explosion which added over 2000
new pieces of space debris. This
increased the space junk tally by 25%.2012
Currently monitoring around 21000
pieces of space debris larger than
around 2 inches.E.T.C. 2017
7th European conference on space
debris is estimated to take place.
This is one of the largest organisations
focusing on the subject of space debris.2008
The US navy intercepted one of its
dead spy satellites and the explosion
created a trail of space debris that
was reported to fall over northwest
USA and Canada.2003
On reentry into the atmosphere, the
spacecraft Columbia carrying astronauts
disintegrated and shed thousands of debris
in the Eastern Texas area
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