Tracking space debris

Tracking space debris for collision avoidance and human flight safety has been a priority for government space agencies since the launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957. Yet the most recent satellite collision has revealed a dangerous void in tracking capabilities, proving that without a comprehensive system, the number of space objects in orbit will only continue to increase. A comprehensive catalog of space objects being developed now for the U.S. Air Force, using Objectivity's object-oriented database management solution (Objectivity/DB), could be the key to predicting and preventing catastrophic collisions in the future.

Using the Objectivity/DB-powered system, the U.S. Air Force will be able to track space objects in real-time, so that decisions about spacecraft placement and collision avoidance can be made in seconds, rather than hours or days. Objectivity/DB will also allow the system to scale nearly infinitely as the catalog grows larger.

Video courtesy of ESA (European Space Agency)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• space debris
• space junk
• tracking space junk
• European Space Agency
• ESA
• Objectivity
• Objectivity/DB

[SrVnDaNk]

Humans are fucked up!

[TheTruthHurtsYup]

Beautiful, one day when we are long gone and another lifeform finds our planet, our legacy will be completely trashing and destroying our planet. Go Humans!

[Za7a7aZ]

There are ways to get rid of all space debris.....It is unbelievable that scientist didn't care about polluting space with shit. They sent sattelites in space to monitor polution on earth meanwhile putting that sat up there they start a new polution problem the same time. What a bunch of idiots alltogether.