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What is Kessler Syndrome? The growing threat of space junk and its consequences
ESA warns that unchecked debris accumulation could lead to Kessler Syndrome, rendering space travel impossible in future.
Updated on Dec 28, 2024 02:39 AM IST
ISRO to test technology for catching satellites in space with robotic arms
India's space agency, ISRO, aims for zero debris by 2030 with new missions focusing on satellite servicing and debris capture technology.
Updated on Oct 25, 2024 10:36 PM IST
1st human-made meteor shower: How a NASA mission could make it possible
The aftermath of a NASA mission has produced over two million pounds of space debris, which has the potential to rain down as a century-long meteor shower.
Published on Sep 01, 2024 06:05 PM IST
Russian satellite breaks up in space, forces ISS astronauts to shelter
SPACE-EXPLORATION/RUSSIA-SATELLITE (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV):UPDATE 4-Russian satellite breaks up in space, forces ISS astronauts to shelter
Updated on Jun 28, 2024 03:10 AM IST
Reuters |
ISRO adds another feather to its cap with POEM-3 success
The space agency is now preparing for a controlled re-entry into Earth's atmosphere within the next 75 days, ensuring the mission leaves no space debris behind.
Updated on Jan 27, 2024 06:00 PM IST
Singh Rahul Sunilkumar | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
Watch: International Space Station lowers orbit to avoid space debris collision
International Space Station avoids collision with space debris in critical manoeuvre.
Updated on Aug 25, 2023 05:19 PM IST
House-size asteroid makes close approach to Earth. Watch here
A near-Earth asteroid 2023 EY had a relatively close approach by Earth surface on Friday. Alike other asteroids it passed safely without creating any danger.
Published on Mar 17, 2023 02:31 PM IST
Can space junk actually kill you? Scientists explain
A new study, published in Nature Astronomy, has estimated the chance of causalities from falling rocket parts over the next ten years.
Updated on Jul 26, 2022 11:08 AM IST
PTI | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar
China's rocket debris spurs calls for policies to mitigate space junk
The issue of space debris is not new but is expected to grow as more nations build space programmes and more objects are launched into space.
Published on May 18, 2021 08:03 PM IST
ANI | , Beijing
'Out of control' Chinese rocket debris to crash into earth this weekend
According to a statement from Defense Department spokesperson Mike Howard, the Chinese Long March 5B rocket is expected to enter earth's atmosphere around May 8.
Published on May 06, 2021 09:12 AM IST
Written by Prashasti Singh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
40-yr-old black hole mystery solved
Coming fresh on the heels of the first ever photo of one of the giant objects, which are scattered across the Universe, astrophysicists are now several steps closer to understanding how they form and develop.
Updated on Jun 07, 2019 12:22 AM IST
Paris | Agence France-Presse
NASA to resume cooperation with ISRO after ‘guidance’ from White House
Bridenstine wrote that he made clear then that space debris was a “serious issue” for the United States and its was a shared responsibility of all nations operating in space.
Updated on Apr 05, 2019 10:47 PM IST
Washington | Yashwant Raj
The A-SAT test restores the India-China strategic balance
India has work ahead to do in developing non-kinetic ASAT technologies that China too is pursuing, as well as ABM technologies
Updated on Apr 04, 2019 06:31 PM IST
Kanwal Sibal
US state department refuses to echo NASA’s criticism of ASAT test
NASA had termed it a “terrible, terrible thing” to create an event that sends debris into an apogee that goes above the International Space Station.
Updated on Apr 03, 2019 08:52 PM IST
New York | HT Correspondent
‘Terrible thing, India’s ASAT satellite test created 400 pieces of debris’: NASA
As a result of the Indian test, the risk of collision with the ISS has increased by 44 percent over 10 days, Bridenstine said.
Updated on Apr 26, 2020 05:28 PM IST
Washington | AFP
ISRO puts intel sat in orbit with 28 others
Weighing 436 kg, the main payload was the India satellite EMISAT, which has been designed for electromagnetic-spectrum monitoring and will be used for intelligence gathering.
Updated on Apr 01, 2019 11:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anonna Dutt
US studying India anti-satellite weapons test, warns of space debris
Speaking to reporters in Florida during a visit to the U.S. military’s Southern Command, Shanahan said the United States was still studying the outcome of a missile India said it launched at one of its own satellites.
Updated on Apr 25, 2020 08:29 PM IST
Miami | Reuters
GSAT-6A satellite could become space debris if link not established: Experts
ISRO suspects the failure of power systems in the satellite led to loss of communication link.
Updated on Apr 02, 2018 05:00 PM IST
Indo Asian News Service, Chennai | HT Correspondent